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Colonel William T. Sherman, of the Thirteenth Regiment U. S. Infantry, was 
appointed Brigadier General May 17, 1861 ; commanded a brigade in the Depart- 
ment of Northeastern Virginia and the Defenses of Washington from July 15 
to August 28, 1861. August 28, 1861, was transferred to Department of the 
Cumberland, and assigned to command the troops in front of Louisville, 
Kentucky. In accordance with a telegram, dated October 0, 1861, from Lieu- 
tenant General Winfield Scott to General Anderson, the latter relinquished to 
General Sherman the command of the 

Department of the Cumberland, 
which he exercised until November 15, 1861. At his earnest request to be 
allowed to remain in a subordinate position. General Sherman was placed on 
inspection duty in the Department of the Missouri November 23 to December 
3, 1861; commanded Camp of Instruction at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, 
Missouri, December 23, 1861, to February 14, 1862; was employed in forwarding 
troops and supplies from Padueah, Kentucky, to General Grant's army, Feb- 
ruary 17 to March 10, 1862 ; commanded the 

First Division — Army of the Tennessee. 
March 9 to April 4, 1862, when his command became the 

Fifth Division — Army of the Tennessee, 
and subsequently the 

First Division — Army of the Tennessee. 
July 5, 1862, he assumed command of the 

District of Memphis. 
December 3, 1862, he was assigned to the command of the 
Right Wing— Army of the Tennessee, 
( Vicksburg Expedition.) 
January 5, 1863, assumed command of the 

Second Corps — Army of the Mississippi. 
January 12, 1863, by virtue of General Orders No. 210, War Department, 
December 18, 1862, he assumed command of the 

Fifteenth Army Corps. 
July 6, 1863, he commanded an 

Expeditionary Army, 
(Against Jackson, Mississippi,) 
composed of the 9th, 13th, and 15th Corps, until July 22, when he resumed 
command of the 

Fifteenth Army Corps, 
which he retained until October 24, 1863, when, in obedience to General Order 
No. 2, Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, dated Louisville, 
Kentucky, October 19, 1863, he assumed command of the 

Department and Army of the Tennessee. 

March 18, 1864, he was assigned, by General Orders No. 98, War Department, 
March 12, 1864, to the command of the 



Military Division of the Mississippi, 
composed of the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee, 
and the Arkansas, which command, having been commissioned Major General 
August lii, 1864, he retained until May 30, 1865— end of the war. 

Subsequent to the war. General Sherman, on the reorganization of the 
Military Divisions and Departments, was assigned, by General Orders No. 118, 
War Department, June 27, 1865, to the command of the 

Military Division of the Mississippi, 
embracing the Departments of the Ohio, the Missouri, and Arkansas; August 
6, 1866, having, July 25, 1866, been commissioned Lieutenant General, was 
assigned, by General Orders No. 59, War Department, August 6, 1866, to the 
command of the 

Military Division of the Missouri, 

composed of the Departments of the Arkansas, the Missouri, the Platte, and 

Dakota; March 8. 1869, by direction of the President of the United States, 

having been commissioned General March 4, 1869, assumed command of the 

Army of the United States. 



IXD E X 



ORDERS AND CIRCULARS 



DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND. 



Page. 



General Orders No. 7, of October 8, 1801 

8, of October 8, 1861 

a, of October 9, 1861 

Circular of October 10, 1801 

General Orders No. 10, of October 13, 1801 

11, of October 13, 1861 

12, of October 14, 1861 

Circular of October 15, 1861 

General Orders No. 13, of October 21, 1801 

Special Orders No. 51, of October 12, 1861 

60, of October 21, 1801 

67, of October 22, 1861 8 

74, of October 27, 1861 8 

80, of November 2, 1861 9 

88, of November 6,1861 9 

89, of November 8, 1861 10 

97, of November 10, 1861 10 

98, of November 11, 1861 10 

99, of November 11, 1861 11 

105, of November 15, 1861 11 

FIRST DIVISION— ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Orders No. 1, of March 9, 1862 12 

2, of March 10, 1862 13 

3, of March 10, 1862 13 

c, of March 12, 1862 13 

7, of March 13, 1802 14 

8, of March 14, 1862 16 

10, of iMarch 16, 1802 16 

11, of March 16, 1862 16 

12, of March 16, 1862 17 

13, of March 17, 1802 17 

14, of March 19, 1862 18 

15, of March 19, 1862 18 

16, of March 20, 1802 19 

17, of March 22, 1862 20 

18, of March 23, 1802 20 



FIFTH DIVISION— ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

Page. 

Orders No. 19, of April 4, 1862 '21 

20, of April 12, 1862 22 

21, of April 25, 1862 24 

22, of April 28, 1862 2.5 

23, of April 30, 1862 26 

Circular of May 5,1862 28 

Orders No. 24, of May 7, 1862 29 

25, of May 13, 1862 29 

26, of May 14, 1862 30 

27, of May 15, 1862 30 

28, of May 18, 1862 31 

29, of May 18,1862 31 

30, of May 31, 1862 32 

32, of June 5, 1862 33 

33, of June 7, 1862 34 

35, of June 9,1862 38 

36, of June 10, 1862 38 

37, of June 10, 1862 39 

38, of June 11, 1862 39 

39, of June 12, 1862 40 

40, of June 12, 1862 41 

41, of June 15, 1862 41 

42, of June 15, 1862 41 

43, of June 18, 1862 42 

44, of June 18, 1862 43 

45, of June 21, 1862 44 

46, of June 2.5, 1862 44 

47, of June 27, 1862 45 

48, of June 29, 1862 46 

49, of July 7,1862 46 

51, of July 10, 1862 47 

52, of July 14,1862 47 

53, of July 17, 1862 48 

54, of July 19, 1862 49 

55, of July 20, 1862 51 

56, of July 21,1862 52 

57, of July 21, 1862 52 

58, of July 22,1862 52 

59, of July 22, 1862 53 

60, of July 22, 1862 54 

General Orders No. 61, of July 24, 1862 55 

62, of July 24, 1862 56 

65, of August 4, 1862 58 

67, of August 8, 1862 58 

68, of August 11, 1862 61 

70, of August 12, 1862 61 



INDEX, V 

Page. 

General Orders No. 72, of August 14, 1862 63 

73, of August 25, 1862 64 

75, of August 2H, 1862 65 

79, of September 15, 1862 65 

82, of September 15, 1862 65 

88, of October 16, 1862 67 

FIRST DIVISION— ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

General Orders No. 90, of October 25, 1862 V,s 

92, of October 28, 1862 7(1 

DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, 

(ieneral Orders No. 93, of November 12, 1862 71 

96, of November 23, 1862 73 

97, of November 25, 1862 75 

Special Field Orders No. 2, of November 29, 1862 76 

RIGHT WING— ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

General Orders No. 2, of December 6,1862 79 

3, of December 9, 1862 81 

5, of December 9, 1862 81 

6, of December 13, 1862 82 

7, of December 18, 1862 85 

8, of December 18, 1862 87 

9, of December 19, 1862 88 

10, of December 19, 1862 89 

12, of January 4, 1863 99 

Special Field Orders No. 6, of December 3, 1862 76 

7, of December 3, 1862 78 

8, of December 4, 1862 78 

9, of December 4, 1862 78 

Special Orders No. 14, of December 15, 1862 83 

Special Field Orders No. 19, of December 16, 1862 84 

30, of December 21, 1862 89 

31, of December 22, 1862 90 

32, of December 25, 1862 92 

34, of December 25, 1862 92 

Special Orders No. 36, of December 26, 1862 93 

.37, of December 28, 1862 95 

38, of December 30, 1862 96 

39, of December 31, 1862 97 

40, of December 31, 1862 98 

1, of January 3, 1863 98 

3, of January 4, 1863 100 

SECOND CORPS— ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 

General Orders No. 1, of January 5, 1863 101 

Special Orders No. 5, of January 8, 1863 104 



VI IXDEX. 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 

Page. 

General Orders No. 2, of January 12, 1803 105 

3, of January 12, 1863 105 

4, of January 13, 1863 107 

5, of January 21, 1863 108 

0, of January 23, 1863 109 

Cireular of January 24, 1863 109 

General Orders No. 7, of January 26, 1863 110 

8, of January 26, 1863 112 

10, of March 7, 1863 115 

11, of March 11, 1863 116 

13, of March 13, 1863 116 

14, of March 14, 1863 117 

15, of March 29, 1863 117 

18, of April 3, 1863 119 

19, of April 4, 1863 119 

21, of April 6,1863 120 

22, of April 7,1863 125 

23, of April 7, l.%3 125 

24, of April 8, 1863 126 

25, of April 9, 1863 127 

26, of April 25, 1863 130 

27, of April 26, 1863 132 

29, of May 2, 1863 133 

30, of May 2, 1863 134 

31, of May 9, 1863 137 

32, of May 9, 1863 138 

33, of May 10, 1863 139 

34, of May 12, 1863 140 

35, of May 15, 1863 143 

36, of May 16, 1863 144 

37, of May 17, 1863 145 

38, of May 21, 1863 145 

Memorandum Orders, of May 21, 1863 146 

General Orders No. 39, of May 22, 1863 147 

40, of May 23, 1863 147 

43, of June 8, 1863 150 

44, of June 9, 1863 151 

45, of June 11, 1S63 153 

46, of June 13, 1863 154 

48, of June 19, 1863 155 

49, of June 29, 1863 159 

50, of July 3, 1863 100 

52, of July 4, 1863 161 

Special Orders No. 10, of January 12, 1863 107 

14, of January 16, 186.3 108 

19, of January 25, 1863 109 



INDEX. VTI 

Page. 

Special Orders No. 27, of January 30, 1863 113 

.34, of February 6, 18fi3 113 

3G, of February 8, 1863 114 

58, of March 6,1863 114 

77, of March 31, 1863 118 

78, of April 1, 1863 119 

87, of April 15, 1863 128 

90, of April 20, 1863 129 

92, of April 22, 1863 130 

96, of April 28, 1863 132 

98, of May 5, 1863 135 

99, of May 6, 1863 135 

100, of May 7,1863 136 

101, of May 7, 1863 137 

103, of May 12, 1863 140 

104, of May 13, 1863 141 

105, of May 14, 1863 142 

106, of May 15, 1863 •. 144 

112, of May 28, 1863 148 

114, of May 30, 1863 149 

121, of June 9, 1863 153 

126, of June 15, 1863 154 

130, of June 19, 1863 155 

131, of June 20, 1863 156 

135, of June 26, 1863 157 

EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. 

General Orders No. 53, of July 6, 1863 1B2 

54, of July 7, 1863 163 

Circular of July 8, 1863 164 

General Orders No. 55, of July 9, 1863 164 

56, of July 10, 1863 166 

Circular of July 11, 1863 167 

General Orders No. 57, of July 11, 1863 16"^ 

58, of July 12, 1863 16" 

Memorandum Orders, of July 14, 1863 168 

General Orders No. 59, of July 17, 1863 1*^0 

60, of July 19, 1863 l'?2 

Special Orders No. 140, of July 12, 1863 168 

141, of July 14, 1863 169 

144, of July 17, 1863 171 

145, of July 20, 1863 l*^"* 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 

General Orders No. 61, of July 22, 1863 1'^'^ 

62, of July 27, 1863 177 

Address of July 27, 1863 178 

Circular of August 7, 1863 : 182 



VIII INDEX. 

Page. 

General Orders No. 65, of August 9, 1863 182 

66, of August 11, 1863 188 

Circular of August 13, 1863 190 

General Orders No. 69, of August 30, 1863 190 

71, of September 22, 1863 191 

74, of September 25, 186.3 192 

75, of September 26, 1863 192 

76, of September 26, 1863 193 

77, of October 6,1863 194 

80, of October 16, 1863 197 

Special Orders No. 147, of July 24, 1863 175 

150, of July 30, 1863 180 

156, of August 6, 1863 181 

159, of August 11, 1863 189 

185, of September 26, 1863 194 

186, of October 3,1863 194 

188, of October 6,1863 195 

192, of October 10, 1863 196 

196, of October 16, 1863 197 

197, of October 17, 1863 198 

198, of October 20, 1863 198 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE. 

General Orders No. 1, of October 24, 1863 200 

2, of October 25, 1803 200 

4, of October 28, 1863 204 

5, of December 7,1863 211 

6, of December 16, 1863 213 

1, of January 30, 1864 220 

2, of March 9, 1864 229 

Special Orders No. 1, of October 25, 1863 202 

2, of October 26, 1863 203 

3, of October 27, 1803 204 

4, of October 28, 18G3 205 

5, of October 30, 1863 205 

6, of October 31, 1863 . 206 

9, of November 10, 1863 207 

13, of November 18, 1863 207 

14, of November 21, 1863 207 

Memorandum of operations, November 22, 1863 208 

Special Orders, No. 15, of November 23, 1863 210 

16, of December 1,1863 210 

17, of December 3,1863 211 

18, of December 6,1863 211 

21, of December 15, 1863 212 

22, of December 15, 1863 213 

23, of December 17, 1863 215 



INDEX. IX 

Page. 

Special Orders No. 25, of December 20, 1863 216 

2G, of December 21, 1863 216 

32, of December 27, 1863 216 

44, of February 27, 1864 225 

Special Field Orders No. 6, of January 20, 1864 217 

11, of January 27, 1864 218 

12, of January 27, 1804 219 

16, of February 11, 18G4 220 

17, of February 14, 1864 221 

18, of February 15, 1864 222 

19, of February 15, 1864 222 

20, of February 18, 1864 223 

21, of February 26, 1864 224 

22, of February 28, 1864 225 

23, of March 5,1864 227 

24, of March 6, 1864 227 

25, of March 7,1864 228 

26, of March 11,1864 230 

28, of March 14, 1864 230 

MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 

General Orders No. 1, of March 18, 1864 231 

3, of March 24, 1864 232 

4, of March 28, 1864 232 

5, of April 5, 1864 232 

6, of April 6, 1864 233 

7, of April 18, 18G4 235 

8, of April 19, 1864 237 

9, of April 19, 1864 237 

10, of April 26, 1864 237 

11, of April 30, 1864 239 

12, of May 4, 1864 240 

15, of June 16, 1864 258 

19, of June 25, 1864 261 

20, of July 13, 1864 266 

21, of July 25, 1864 270 

22, of August 12, 1864 277 

24, of August 26, 1864 284 

26, of October 3, 1864 294 

27, of October 18, 1864 .302 

30, of December 2, 1864 321 

32, of December 19, 1864 324 

2, of May 9, 1865 369 

Special Field Orders No. 1, of May 3,1864 239 

2, of May 9,1864 240 

3, of May 12, 1864 241 

4, of May 14, 1864 242 



X INDEX. 

I'age. 

Special Field Orders No. 5, of May 14, 1864 242 

6, of May 15, 1864 242 

7, of May 15, 1864 243 

8, of May 16, 1864 244 

9, of May 20, 1864 245 

10, of May 21, 1864 246 

11, of May 22, 1864 246 

12, of May 26, 1864 248 

13, of May 28, 1864 248 

14, of May 30, 1864 249 

15, of May 31, 1864 250 

16, of June 3, 1804 251 

17, of June 4,1864 251 

18, of June 4,1864 253 

20, of June 0,1864 254 

21, of June 9, 1864 255 

22, of June 10, 1864 256 

23, of June 11, 1864 257 

24, of June 12, 1864 257 

25, of June 14, 1864 257 

26, of June 18, 1864 259 

27, of June 20, 1864 259 

28, of June 24, 1864 260 

29, of June 26, 1864 201 

31, of July 1, 1864 202 

32, of July 10, 1864 263 

34, of July 12, 1864 204 

35, of July 14, 1864 204 

30, of July 17, 1804 266 

37, of July 18, 1864 268 

39, of July 19, 1864 269 

40, of July 21, 1864 269 

41, of July 22, 1864 270 

42, of July 25, 1864 271 

43, of July 26, 1864 272 

44, of July 26, 1864 273 

46, of July 30, 1864 273 

48, of August 1, 1864 274 

49, of August 2, 1804 275 

50, of August 3, 1864 275 

51, of August 4, 1864 275 

52, of August 5, 1864 276 

53, of August 7, 1864 277 

54, of August 12, 1864 278 

55, of August 14, 1864 278 

56, of August 15, 1804 279 

57, of August 10, 1864 279 



INDEX. XI 

Page. 

Special Field Orders No. 58, of August 19, 1804 281 

59, of August 23, 1864 281 

60, of August 24, 1804 283 

62, of September 3,1864 284 

63, of September .3,1804 285 

64, of September 4,1804 285 

66, of September 6,1864 286 

67, of September 8,1864 288 

68, of September 8,1864 289 

70, of September 10, 1804 291 

72, of September 13, 1864 292 

74, of September 17, 1864 292 

75, of September 18, 1804 293 

76, of September 20, 1864 293 

79, of September 24, 1864 294 

83, of October 3.1864 295 

84, of October 5,1864 295 

85, of October 6,1864 295 

86, of October 7, 1804 290 

87, of October 8,1864 297 

88, of October 9, 1864 298 

89, of October 11, 1864 299 

90, of October 12, 1864 299 

91, of October 14, 1864 299 

92, of October 15, 1864 300 

93, of October 17, 1864 301 

94, of October 17, 1864 302 

96, of October 18, 1864 304 

97, of October 19, 1864 304 

98, of October 19, 1864 305 

99, of October 20, 1864 305 

100, of October 22, 1864 306 

102, of October 24, 1864 307 

103, of October 24, 1864 307 

104, of October 26, 1864 308 

105, of October 26, 1864 308 

107, of October 27, 1864 309 

108, of October 28, 1864 309 

109, of October 29, 1864 310 

110, of October 30, 1864 310 

111, of October 30, 1864 311 

112, of November 1,1804 311 

11.3, of November 3,1804 312 

114, of November 4,1804 312 

115, of November 4,1864 312 

117, of November 7,1864 313 

118, of November 8,1864 314 



XII INDEX. 

Page. 

Special Field Orders No. 119, of November 8, 18(54 314 

120, of November 9, 1864 315 

122, of November 11, 1864 317 

123, of November 11, 1864 318 

124, of November 14, 1864 318 

125, of November 15, 1864 319 

127, of November 23, 1804 319 

128, of December 6,1864 321 

129, of December 9,1864 321 

130, of December 10, 1864 322 

131, of December 13, 1864 323 

133, of December 10, 1864 323 

139, of December 23, 1864 325 

141, of December 24, 1864 326 

142, of December 25, 1864 327 

143, of December 26, 1864 327 

144, of December 27, 1864 329 

145, of Deeember2S, 1864 330 

148, of December 31, 1864 330 

1, of January 2, 1865 331 

6, of Jfmuary 8, 1865 331 

7, of January 9, 1865 332 

10, of January 12, 1865 333 

12, of January 14, 1865 333 

13, of January 15, 1865 335 

14, of January 16, 1865 337 

15, of January 16, 1865 337 

17, of January 18, 1865 339 

18, of January 18, 1865 340 

19, of January 19, 1865 340 

22, of January 28, 1865 342 

23, of January 29, 1865 342 

25, of February 8,1865 342 

26, of February 16, 1805 343 

28, of March 11,1865 344 

29, of March 12, 1865 345 

32, of March 13,1865 346 

33, of March 21, 1865 , 347 

35, of March 22, 1865 348 

36, of March 24, 1865 348 

37, of March 24, 1865 350 

38, of March 25, 1865 351 

45, of March 27, 1865 352 

Circular of March 27, 1865 352 

Special Field Orders No. 42, of March 30, 1865 353 

44, of April 1, 1865 353 

45, of April 2, 1865 » 354 



INDEX. XTII 

Page. 

Special Field Orders No. 47, of April 4, 1865 355 

48, of April 5, 1865 356 

49, of April 6, 1865 358 

50, of April 7, 1865 359 

52, of April 10, 1865 360 

63, of April 11, 1865 360 

54, of April 12, 1865 361 

55, of April 14, 1865 361 

56, of April 17, 1865 362 

57, of April 18, 1865 363 

58, of April 1.9, 1865 363 

61, of April 23, 1865 364 

62, of April 24, 18G5 365 

63, of April 25, 1865 365 

65, of April 27, 1865 365 

66, of April 27, 1865 366 

67, of April 27, 1865 367 

68, of April 28, 1865 368 

69, of May 10, 1865 370 

70, of May 11, 1865 371 

71, of May 20, 1865 371 

76, of May 30, 1865 373 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 

Page. 
Absentees— 

Instructions respecting 61, 62 

Brigade Commanders to designate one officer and one enlisted man 

to collect 180,181 

Academy, {See Military Academy.) 

ACWORTH, Ga. — 

Army of the Cumberland to draw supplies from depot at 256 

Address — 

To the troops composing 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 32,33 

of 1st and 3d Divisions of Right Wing, Army of the 

Tennessee 81 

of Right Wing, Army of the Tennessee 99 

15th Army Corps to assemble to listen to General Thomas', on the 

"policy of the war" 129 

To the troops on success of expedition against Jackson, Miss 172 

15th Army Corps on events of past winter and spring 178-180 

Army of the Tennessee on part taken in battle of Chattanooga 

and siege of Knoxville 213,214 

armies of the Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee 289-291 

14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Army Corps, organized as an army 

in the field 314,315 

Reviewing operations resulting in capture of Savannah 331,332 

On victory gained near Bentonville against Confederate forces under 

General J. E. Johnston 348 

Farewell, to the armies of Georgia and Tennessee 373-375 

Adjutants — 

Respecting muster out of battalion, not belonging to companies 64 

Africans, [See Negroes.) 

Agents, {See Treasury Agents, Recruiting Agents.) 

Aides-de-Cam p — 

Colonel A. K. Johnson and Lieutenant J. C. Hill announced as 116 

1st Lieutenant J. C. Audenried announced as 195 

Alabama Volunteers — 

1st Cavalry Regiment of, to proceed to Rome for scouting duty 259 

assigned to Kiipatrick's Cavalry Division 332,333 
Detachment of 1st Cavalry, on duty at Headquarters as couriers, to 

rejoin regiment 368 

Alarm— 

Instructions for guidance of troops in case of 21 

Alatoona, Ga. — 

To be main depot of supplies 253, 254 

Army of Ohio to draw supplies from depot at 256 



XVI INDEX. 

Page. 

Alatoona, Ga. — Continued. 

Comments on handsome defense of; returns thanks to its gallant 

garrison 296,297 

Armies of Cumberland, Ohio; and Tennessee to march towards 297,298 

Alatoona Pass— 

A Cavalry raid to be made to secure the 249,250 

General J. E.Smith's Division to occupy 263 

Alexandria, Va.— 

General Headquarters of Division of the Mississippi transferred to.. 368, 369 
Armies of Georgia and Tennessee to march to 370,371 

Ambdlances— 

Number of, regulated 83 

Instructions respecting distribution of 84 

Number of, allowed troops ordered on active service 236 

Ammunition — 

40 rounds of, to be in cartridge-box; regimental wagon to be full 38 

Duties of Corps Ordnance Officers respecting 126,127 

Animals, (See Horses.) 

Anderson, J. B. — 

Announced as Superintendent of Transportation on the Louisville 
and Nashville railroad 9 

Anthony, D. C. — 

Colonel, announced as Provost Marshal of Dist. and City of Memphis.. 68 

Appomattox C. H. — 

Announces surrender at, of Confederate forces under General Lee... 361 

Arkansas River — 

Respecting picketing of roads leading to and from the 108 

Arms — 

Orders seizure of all, in possession of collectors of Jeffersonville and 
New Albany and of custom house officers in Louisville 7 

Army Corps, (See Divisions, Brigades) — 
Itourth, 

To march on Knoxville 211 

Major General O. O. Howard assigned to command 233 

Batteries to open fire on enemy's works 248 

Commander of Department of the Cumberland to designate an officer 

to temporarily relieve General Howard 273 

Commander to make arrangements for receipt of mails at end of 

railroad and for their distribution 283 

To proceed to Chattanooga and report to Commander of Army of the 

Cumberland 308 

Ninth, 

To move to vicinity of Birdsong's Ferry 161, 162 

Movements in expedition against Jackson 162-165 

Disposition of troops, the enemy having taken post in Jackson 166 

To send sick, &e., and prisoners of war to Vicksburg 168 

guai-d roads to the rear for at least three miles 168 

Disposition of troops on evacuation of Jackson 170, 171 



INDEX. XVII 

Army Corps — Continued. Page. 

Teiith, 

To form part of Army of Ohio :io?. 

remain in Department of North Carolina 36fi 

Eleventh, 

To march on Loudon 210 

to Athens 2U 

by road through McDaniel's Gap to Chattanooga 21?> 

Consolidated with the 12th Army Corps 232 

Twelfth, 

Consolidated with the 11th Army Corps .' 232 

Thirteenth, 

To move direct to Black River bridge 161,162 

Movements in expedition against Jackson 162-165 

Disposition of troops, the enemy having taken post in Jackson 166 

Sick and prisoners of war to be sent to Vicksburg 168 

To guard roads to the rear for at least three miles 168 

Cavalry and section of Artillery to prepare for an expedition 170 

Disposition of troops on evacuation of Jackson 170, 171 

Fourteenth, 

To move to Kingston for further orders 311 

furnish one small regiment as a cattle guard 312 

make full estimates for winter clothing 312 

be prepared to march ; general plan of movement 312, 313 

with 15th, 17th, and 20th Corps, to constitute an army, (See Army in 

THE Field) 314, 315 

Officers and men of the, in Department of the Cumberland to be 

organized into battalions and held in reserve 317 

To furnish 100 good Cavalry horses for use of Cavalry force of army 

in the field 321 

To forward to Chief Quartermaster of Army all negroes, horses and 

wagons rendered surplus by late operations 324 

To send r.OO men to Chief Quartermaster of Army for guard and 

fatigue duty 326 

Brigadier General W. Vandeveer assigned to duty with 340 

To form partof Army of Georgia 353 

Fifteenth, 

General Sherman assumes command 105 

To prepare to re-embark; movements prescribed 107 

Colonel A. K. Johnson and Lieutenant J. C. Hill announced as Aides- 

de-Camp 116 

Captain L. M. Dayton announced as Acting Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral 116 

Respecting storage and issue of Subsistence stores 117 

Lieutenant Colonel R. McFeely announced as Commissary of Sub- 



;istence 



117 



Announces organization of, by Divisions and Brigades 120-125 

Captain R. M. Sawyer announced as Assistant Adjutant General 125 



XVIII INDEX. 

Army Corps — Continued. Page. 

Fifteenth. 

Respecting grand guards and pickets 127,128 

To assemble to listen to Gen. Thomas' address on "policy of the war" 129 

march on Carthage, [suspended— G. 0. 21, p. 132.] 130,131 

to Perkins' plantation below Carthage 133 

Captain J.C. McCoy announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General 139 

To move on road to Vicksburg 135 

prepare for an assault on Vicksburg 145-147 

Grand depot of supplies to be at mouth of Chickasaw Creek 148 

Captain C. Ewing announced as Acting Inspector General 150 

Inspection to be made of all hospitals 153 

To be held in readiness for a march 160 

move to Messenger's ford when Vicksburg surrenders 161,162 

Movements in expedition against Jackson 162-165 

Disposition of troops, the enemy having taken post at Jackson 166 

'i'o send sick and prisoners of war to Vicksburg 168 

guard roads to the rear for at least three miles 168 

Disposition of troops on evacuation of Jackson 170, 171 

General Steele to assume temporary command 175 

Chief Quartermaster to proceed to Messenger's bridge on Big Black 

and prepare for the crossing to west bank 175 

Depot of supplies to be at railroad on Black River 177 

Address reviewing events of past winter and spring 178-180 

Instructions respecting absentees 180,181 

Respecting rules of war governing private property and punish- 
ment for pillage, arson, &c.; conduct of troops in an enemy's 

country 182-188 

Disposition of Confederate cotton in vicinity of camps 190 

A force of about 1,000 men to prepare for an expedition 193 

Colonel Winslow announced as Chief of Cavalry 193 

Respecting organization of a grand wagon train to relieve railroad 194,195 

1st Lieutenant J. C. Audenried announced as Aide-de-Camp 195 

Captain H. S. Fitch announced as Provost Marshal and Judge Advo- 
cate 196 

2d Lieutenant F. J. James announced as Ordnance officer 196 

Organized into four Divisions ; Major General F. P. Blair announced 

as second in command .> 197 

Announced as a subdivision of Department of Tennessee 200 

Major General F. P. Blair, jr., assigned to command 203 

{^See Signal Officer) 203 

Sick and convalescents to be sent to Florence, Ala 205 

To cross Tennessee River and move east for further orders ; sick, 

&c., to be left at Eastport 205, 206 

111th Illinois Volunteers assigned to the 207 

To prepare for an important movement 207 

take possession and hold part of Missionary Ridge ; details of 
movements 208,209 



INDEX. XIX 

Army Coups— Contimied. Page. 

Fifteenth. 

Prescribed movement suspended for 24 hours 210 

To march on Loudon 210 

to Tellico Plains 211 

Major General J. A. Logan assigned to command 211 

2d Division of 17th Army Corps transferred to, and to be known as 

3d Division 216 

3d Division transferred to IGth Army Corps 216 

Commander to make arrangements for receipt of mail at end of 

railroad and for their distribution 283 

To make full estimates for winter clothing 312 

be prepared to march; general plan of movement 312,313 

14th, 17th, 20th, and, organized as an army, (See Army in the Field).. 314,315 
Officers and men in Department of the Cumberland belonging to the, 

to be organized into battalions and held in reserve 317 

To furnish 100 good Cavalry horses for use of Cavalry force of the 

army 327 

Announces capture of F'ort McAllister by 2d Division of 323 

To send to Chief Quartermaster of army in the field all negroes, 

horses, wagons, &c., rendered surplus by late operations 324 

To furnish Chief Quartermaster 500 men for guard and fatigue duty.. 326 

form part of Army of the Tennessee 353 

Sixteenth, 

Announced as a subdivision of Department of the Tennessee 200 

(See Signal Officer) . 203 

3d Division, 15th Army Corps, transferred to the 216 

To take line of march on another expedition 223 

Respecting collection of mails and newspapers 226 

To make arrangements for receipt of mails at end of railroad and 

for their distribution 283 

Seventeenth, 

Announced as subdivision of Department of the Tennessee 200 

{See Signal Officer) 203 

2d Division transferred to 15th Corps 216 

To take line of march on another expedition 223 

Respecting collection of mails and newspapers 226 

To furnish about 2,500 men for an expedition up Red River 227 

Two good divisions to be organized and rendezvous at Cairo 230 

To march from Decatur to Rome and Kingston 246 

make arrangements for receipt of mails at end of railroad and 

for their distribution 283 

Major General G. Stoneman assigned to temporary command 306 

To make full estimates for winter clothing 312 

be prepared to march; general plan of movement 312,313 

14th, 15th, 20th, and, organized as an army, (See Army in the Field)... 314, 315 
Officers and men in Department of the Cumberland belonging to the, 

to be organized into battalions and held in reserve 317 



X^ INDEX. 

ARMr Corps— Cowim wed. Page. 

Seventeenth. 

To furnish 100 good Cavalry horses for use of Cavahy force of the 

army 321 

To send to Chief Quartermaster all negroes, horses, wagons, &c., 

rendered surplus by the late operations 324 

To furnish 500 men to Chief Quartermaster for guard and fatigue 

duty 326 

To move to Port Royal Island 331 

form part of Army of the Tennessee 353 

Twentieth, 

11th and 12th Corps consolidated and to be known as the 232 

Batteries to open fire on works of the enemy 248 

To make arrangements for receipt of mails at end of railroad and 

for their distribution 283 

To hold Atlanta and Chattahoochee bridge 295 

make full estimates for winter clothing 312 

be prepared to march ; general plan of movement 312,313 

14th, 15th, 17th, and, organized as an army, (See Army in the Field).. 314, 315 
Officers and men in Department of the Cumberland belonging to the, 

to be organized into battalions and held in reserve 317 

Brigadier General N. J. Jackson assigned to duty with 317 

To select 100 good Cavalry horses for use of Cavalry force of the 

army 321 

To form part of Army of Georgia 353 

Major GeneralJ. A. Mower assigned to command 354 

Tioenty-third, 

Major General J. M. Sehofield assigned to command 233 

Batteries to open fire on works of the enemy 248 

To make arrangements for receipt of mails at end of railroad and 

for their distribution 283 

To move to Resacca and cover railroad during movement of trains... 311 

form part of Army of Ohio 353 

remain in Department of North Carolina 3ti6 

Army in the Field, (See Armies of Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee) — 

Commander of an, to protect property of inhabitants of tiie country.. 2 

Movements of the, at Canton, Miss 225,226 

14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Army Corps organized as an, address to the 

troops 314, 315 

15th and 17th Corps to constitute the right wing; 14th and 20th, left 
wing; order of march when practicable to be by four roads ; no 
general train of supplies; troops to forage liberally on the country; 
Corps Commanders alone can order destruction of property ; {See 

Horses, wagons, negroes, pontoons) 315-317 

To move on Milledgeville and Gordon 318 

Surgeon J. Moore announoed as Chief Medical Director of 319 

Movements of the, railroads and telegraph lines to be thoroughly 
destroyed, {See Cavalry) 319,320 



INDEX. 



XXI 



Armt in the Field— Continued. Page. 

Respecting horses for Cavalry force of the 321 

To proceed to invest Savannah, Ga •'^22 

be grouped about Savannah looking to convenience of camps 325 

Commanders of right and left wings of the, to furnish working 

parties for construction of fortifications of Savannah 330 

Addre«s to the, reviewing operations resulting in capture of Savan- 
nah 331-3^2 

Right wing of the, to be grouped in front of Coosawhatchee and 

Pocotaligo, left wing in neighborhood of Robertsville 341 

To destroy South Carolina railroad and Edisto bridge 342, .343 

move on Fayetteville and thence to Wilmington or Goldsboro'.. 343,344 

Movements of the, left wing of, to hold Fayetteville 344,345 

Commanders of wings of the, to establish temporary depots 347 

Address to the, on its success near Bentonville against Confederate 

forces under General J. E. Johnston 348 

The force organized in Department of North Carolina to form 

"centre" of the ^^^ 

Movements of the '^'^ 

Offices to be opened at Wilmington and Newbern to facilitate refit- 
ting and reorganization of the 3o0 

Maior General J. M. Sehofield announced as second in command of 

the, announces rank of general officers with the 351 

Ordnance Department of the, to be supervised by Captain D. H. Buel 

during absence of Chief of Ordnance 352 

Respecting distribution of mails for the 3o2 

Announces reorganization of the, {See Armies of Georgia, Ohio, and 

Tennessee, Cavalry) ]^_ 

Respecting equalization of means of transportation of the 354, 355 

distribution of troops of Provisional Division of the 355 

Confidential Circulars to Army and Corps Commanders with the; 
" objective," to place the, north of Roanoke River; open communi- 
cations with Army of the Potomac, and do all possible damage to^ 

the enemy; prescribes general plan of movements 356,357 

(See Hospitals) 

Lieutenant Colonel D. Reinick to act as Chief Commissary of Sub- 

360 

sistence 

Movement of, on Raleigh 360,361 

Ashboro' 361,362 

Announces truce with General Johnston's army, prescribes disposi- 
tion of troops 363,364 

termination of truce 365 

Announces further suspension of hostilities and final agreement ter- 
minating the war as to armies under General Johnston 365,366 

Commander of Department of North Carolina to collect convales- 
cents recruits &c., of the, and send those fit for fatigue duty to 

,, ' . 367,368 

Alexandria 

370 371 
To march to Alexandria 



XXII INDEX. 

Army in the Field — Continued. Page. 

Arrangements for review in City of Washington 371-373 

Farewell address 373-375 

Army of Georgia — 

To form "left" of army in the field and to be commanded by Major 

General Henry W. Siocum 353 

Brigadier General C. Woleott transferred to 354 

Surgeon Goodman announced as Medical Director 354 

Major General C. Schurz assigned to duty 359 

relieved from duty 3G7 

Captain M. Rochester, Assistant Adjutant General, assigned to duty 

with 360 

To march to Richmond 367 

Alexandria 370, 371 

Arrangements for review of, in City of Washington 371-373 

Farewell address to the 373-375 

Army of Mississippi — 

General Sherman assumes command of 2d Corps of the, and an- 
nounces his Staff 101 

Order of march of 2d Corps of the 104 

Army of the Cumberla]vd — 

Major General J. Newton assigned to duty with 233 

To march on Daiton 241 

Charged with guarding certain railroads 242 

Movements of the 243 

I'o pursue enemy until he is beyond the Etowah ; to guard all rail- 
roads to the rear 244, 245 

To be grouped in and around Cassville, and held ready to march... 245, 246 

Movements of the; "objective," Marietta 247 

and positions of the 248, 249 

Movements of the 253-255,258 

To be prepared for battle at or near Kenesaw Mountain 254 

draw supplies from Acworth depot 256 

45th Ohio Volunteers transferred to the 259 

To furnish 1,000 men as a train guard 259 

make full reconnoissances and prepare to attack at Kenesaw 

Mountain 260 

Movements of the; "objective," to force enemy out of intrench- 

ments or move south, abandoning Kenesaw Mountain 202, 263 

To have one regiment at Marietta to unload cars 264 

General plan of operations ; "objective," Atlanta 264-276 

Captain E. D. Denig, Assistant Adjutant General, transferred to 273 

To constitute "left" of armies in the field 274 

17th New York Volunteers transferred to the 277 

Movement of, against Macon railroad 279,280 

Instructions respecting mails for the 283 

To send sick, &c., and prisoners of war to Jonesboro' 285 

occupy Atlanta and its communications with Chattanooga 285, 286 



INDEX. XXllI 

Army of the Cumberland— Conimwerf. Page. 

Troops of the, to inscribe " Atlanta" on their colors 287 

Address of Commanding General to the 289-291 

Store near main camp of the, may be established to supply troops 

with articles not on ration table 292, 29:'. 

Brigadier General H. Prince transferred to the 293 

Movements of the 295, 296 

Major General D. S. Stanley assigned to temporary command 295 

To march towards Alatoona 297, 298 

on Rome 299,309 

First movement to be to free Snake Creek Gap 299, 300 

To move on Lafayette and secure Ship's Gap 300 

Trains to be parked at points convenient to roads leading south 301 

To move against enemy supposed to be near Summerville 302 

mass near Summerville 304 

To move on Gaylesville 304 

Movements of the, to forage liberally on the country 305,306 

4th Army Corps to report to commander of the 308 

Brigadier General R. W. Johnson assigned to the 309 

Captain Mordeeai announced as Supervising Ordnance officer of 

the 313,314 

Army of the Ohio — 

Commander of, to organize a special Cavalry force under General 

Stoneman 233 

To march on Dalton and connect with left of Army of the Cumber- 
land 211 

Charged with guard of certain railroads 242 

Movements of the 243 

To pursue enemy until he is beyond the Etowah 244 

be grouped near Pettit's Creek and held ready to march 245, 246 

Movements of the; "objective," Marietta 247 

Movements of the 249, 253-255, 258 

To be prepared for battle at or near Kenesaw Mountain 254 

draw supplies from Alatoona depot 256 

99th Ohio Volunteers transferred to the 259 

To make full reconnoissances and prepare to attack at Kenesaw 

Mountain 260 

Movements of the ; " objective," to force enemy out of intrenchments 

or move south, abandoning Kenesaw Mountain 262, 263 

To have one regiment at Marietta to unload cars 264 

General plan of operations; "objective," Atlanta 264-27G 

To constitute " right" of armies in the field 274 

prepare to fight; knapsacks, &c., to be kept in the trenches 276 

9th Ohio Cavalry transferred to the 278 

Movement of, against Macon railroad 279,280 

Instructions respecting mails for the 283 

To send sick, Ac, and prisoners of war to Jonesboro' 285 

occupy East Point 285, 286 



XXIV INDEX. 

Army of the Ohio — Continued. Page. 

Troops of the, to inscribe "Atlanta" on their colors 287 

Address of Commanding General to the 289,290,291 

Store near main camp of the, may be established to supply troops 

with articles not on ration table 292, 293 

Movements of the 295,296 

Brigadier General J. D. Cox assigned to temporary command 295 

To march towards Alatoona 297,298 

Captain C, A. Cilley, Assistant Adjutant General, transferred to the... 298 

To move on Rome 299,309 

First movement to be to free Snake Creek Gap 299,300 

To move on Lafayette and secure Ship's Gap 300 

Trains to be parked at points convenient to roads leading south 301 

To move against enemy supposed to be near Summerville 302 

towards Melville P. 304 

on Gaylesville 304 

Movements of the, to forage liberally on the country 305, 306 

1st Lieutenant J. W. Reilly announced as Chief Ordnance Officer of.. 314 

Brigadier General T. H. Ruger transferred to the 314 

To occupy Goldsboro', (See Raii,roads) 347 

form " centre " of army in the field and to be commanded by 

Major General J. M. Schofield 353 

Discontinued .366 

Army of the Potomac — 

Telegram of General Halleck announcing victory of the, at the 

Wilderness 240 

Telegram of Secretary of War announcing success of the, in battle 

of Spottsylvania C. H 242 

"Objective" of army in the field, to open communications with 

the 356, 357 

Army of the Tennessee — (Right Wing) — (See Divisions, Brigades) — 

Instructions for guidance of Division Surgeons and Quartermasters.. 76, 77 

Captain J. Condit Smith announced as Chief Quartermaster 78 

W. L. B. Jenney, Engineers, attached to Staff 83,84 

Announces Staff 89 

Troops under General Steele to join the 89 

(See Transports) 90, 91, 100 

Order for disembarkation of 92,93 

Movements of the 93,95-97 

Troops to disembark at Milliken's Bend 98,99 

Order for disembarkation at Milliken's Bend revoked; troops to 

proceed on another important expedition; designates points of 

rendezvous 100 

Army of the Tennessee, (See Divisions, Brigades) — 

Congratulatory orders to the, on part taken in battle of Chattanooga 

and siege of Knoxville 213,214 

Certain troops of the. to concentrate at Bellefonte and Larkinville... 21.5 
To march on Resacca 241 



INDEX. XXV 

Army of the Tennessee — Continued. Page. 

Movements of the 242 

To pursue enemy until he is beyond the Etowah; to place a force of 

about 5,000 men at Eastport 244,245 

To be grouped in and around Kingston 245,246 

Movements; "objective," Marietta 247 

Movements of the 248,249,253-255,258 

To be prepared for battle at or near Kenesaw Mountain 254 

draw supplies from Big Shanty depot 256 

make full reconnoissanees and prepare to attack at Kenesaw 

Mountain 2fi0 

Movements; "objective," to force enemy out of intrenchments or 

move further south, abandoning Kenesaw Mountain 262, 263 

To have one regiment at Marietta to unload cars 264 

General plan of operations; "objective," Atlanta 264-276 

Brigadier General J. M. Corse assigned to duty with 272 • 

Major General O. 0. Howard assigned to command 273 

To constitute "centre" of armies in the field 274 

Brigadier General T. E. G. Ransom assigned to duty with 275 

1st Missouri Engineers and Blechanics transferred to 275 

10th Illinois Volunteers transferred 277 

Brigadier General W. B. Hazen assigned to duty with 278 

Captain E, Giesy, Assistant Q,uartermaster, transferred to 279 

Movement of, against Macon railroad 279,280 

Instructions respecting mails for the 283 

To send sick, &c., and prisoners of war to Jonesboro' 285 

occupy Decatur 285,286 

Troops of the, to inscribe "Atlanta" on their colors 287 

Store near main camp of the, may be established to supply troops 

with articles not on i-ation table 292,293 

Brigadier General J. K. Knipe transferred to 293 

Movements of the 295, 296 

To move on Rome 299,309 

First movement to be to free Snake Creek Gap 299,300 

To move on Lafayette and secure Ship's Gap 300 

Trains to be parked at points convenient to roads leading south 301 

To move against enemy supposed to be near Summerville 302 

towards Alpine 304 

on Gaylesville 304 

Movements of the; to forage liberally on the country 305,306 

Major General J, A. Mower assigned to duty with 307 

To move to Dallas and Smyrna camp ground 311 

constitute "right" of army in the field, and to be commanded 

by Major General O. O. Howard 353 

Brigadier General C. Ewing assigned to duty with 354 

C. J. Stalbrand assigned to duty with 364 

To move to Richmond 367 

march to Alexandria 370,371 



XXVI INDEX. 

Army of the Tennessee — Continued. Page. 

Arrangements for review of, in City of Washington 371-37:i 

Farewell address to the 373-37r> 

Arnold, C. L., (Corporal, "J," \st Illinois Artillery.) — 

Recommended for immediate appointment as Cadet at Military 

Academy 188 

Arrest, {See Citizens.) 
Arson — 

Respecting punishment for, under rules of war 182-188 

Articles of War- 
To be read to the troops monthly 80 

Artillery — 

Commanders of, detachments to prepare lists of men captured and 

paroled 58 

Announces, attached to Divisions of 2d Corps, Army of Mississippi 102, 103 
Brigades of 1st Division, Army of the Ten- 
nessee 12, 16 

Brigades of loth Army Corps 122-125 

Artillery Fire — 

Lasting one hour, to be opened on Jackson 167 

Regulates, on Jackson 168, 169 

Batteries of 4th, 20th, and 23d Corps to open an, on enemy's works ... 248 
To be opened on Atlanta 269 

ASHBORO', N. C. — 

Movements of army in the field on 361,362 

Assassination— 

Announces, of the President of the United States 362,363 

Assault — 

Instruction for an, on Vieksburg 145,146 

Assistant Adjutant General — 

Announces Captain L. M. Dayton as, of 15th Army Corps 110 

R. M. Sawyer as, of 15th Army Corps 125 

Division of the Mississippi.. 231 
M. Rochester, on duty at Division Headquarters.. 232 
Athens, Ga. — 

11th Army Corps to march to 211 

"Atlanta " — 

Troops of the Armies in the Field to inscribe, on their colors 287 

Atlanta, Ga. — 

General plan of operations having, for "objective" 264-276 

Troops fired on from forts or buildings of, to cannonade the place 

without formality of a demand 269 

An Artillery fire to be opened on 269 

Announces occupation of, by troops under General Slocum 284 

Army of the Cumberland to occupy, and its communications with 

Chattanooga 285,286 

City of, to be evacuated by citizens 288,289 

Respecting citizens of, {See Citizens.) 291,292 



INDEX. XXVII 

Atlanta, Ga. — Continued. Page. 

To be held by Major General Slocum with 20th Army Corps 29.') 

Publishes resolutions of Legislature of Rhode Island respecting 

capture of :570 

Attack — 

Instructions to the troops in case of, or alarm 21 

AuDENRiED, J. C, (1st Lieutenant, 6th Cavalry) — 

Announced as Aide-de-Camp 195 

Baggage— 

All surplus, to be left behind 25 

To be reduced; respecting disposition of surplus 38 

Regimental and private, to be sent to Pittsburg Landing 40 

Regulates amount of, allowed 83 

Allowance of, to troops ordered on active service 235 

Bands— 

All Volunteer, to be mustered out 04 

Bardstown Junction, Ky. — 

Colonel Mason's regiment of Indiana Volunteers responsible for 

safety of railroad bridges in vicinity of 3 

Barry, W. F., (General) — 

Twenty days' leave granted to, Chief of Artillery 318 

Bartlett, O. G., (Lieutenant Colonel 150th N. Y.)— 

Relieved from dut}' with his regiment and to report to Commander 

of the Army of the Ohio 247 

Batteries, {See Artillery) — 

Three field, attached to each division of troops in District of Mem- 
phis 74 

Of 4th, 20th, and 23d Corps to open fire on the enemy's works 248 

Baylor, T. G., (Captain of Ordnance) — 

Announces, as Chief Ordnance Officer of armies in the field 277 

Bearer of Dispatches — 

Lieutenant C. M. Chadsey to proceed to Vicksburg as, to General 
MePherson 230 

Lieutenant Colonel C. Ewing to proceed as, to Hilton Head, Old 
Point Comfort, and Washington 331 

Lieutenant S. H. M. Byers detailed as, to Wilmington, City Point, 
and Washington 346 

Sergeant W. A. Rase to proceed as, to Old Point and Washington 358 

Major H. Hitchcock to proceed as, to Washington 363 

Private M. Ward detailed to proceed as, to Washington 371 

Beckwith, a., (Colonel) — 

Announces, as Chief Commissary of Division of the Mississippi 237 

Belknap, W. W., (Colonel)— 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Bellefonte, Ala. — 

Orders concentration at, of certain troops of the Army of the Ten- 
nessee 215 

Bentonville, N. C. — 

Address on success of battle near, with General Johnston's forces 348 



XXVIII INDEX. 

Big Hatchie— Page. 

3d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of tiie Tennessee, to repair road to 

the 38 

Big Shanty Depot — 

Army of the Tennessee to draw supplies from 256 

Black River— 

Bridge over, to be destroyed 138, 224, 225 

All roads from direction of, to be blockaded 157 

Divisions of 15th Corps to return to their camps on 174, 175 

One brigade of 2d Division, 15th Corps, to guard bridge over 192 

Railroad bridge over, to be guarded by 2d Brigade, 3d Division of 

15th Corps 192 

Commander of 3d Division of loth Corps to have charge of line of... 193 
Blair, F. P., jr., (Major General)— 

To command Ist Brigade, 1st Division of 2d Corps, Army of Missis- 
sippi 102 

To command 2d Division 15th Corps lly, 122 

Announces, as second in command of 15th Corps 197 

To command 15th .Army Corps 203 

Congratulatory order on relieving, from command of 15th Corps 212 

Board of Officers — 

A, to appraise value of houses inside of Fort Pickering 52, 53 

adjudicate claims of loyal citizens on Mississippi River 229 

inspect means of transportation ordered to be transferred 355 

to determine right to horses, &c., and property claimed as private.. 176 
Commander at Natchez to convene a, to appraise value in gold of 

buildings, &c., it may be necessary to destroy 227 

Boats, {See Transports.) 
Bolivar, Miss. — 

.\11 troops of General McClernand's Division at or near Grand Junc- 
tion to move to 47 

Bolton, Miss. — 

1st and 3d Divisions of 15th Corps to march to, by Mississippi Springs.. 143 

Clinton road 144 

Bradley, L. P., (Colonel)— 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Bridges — v 

Colonel Pope's regiment of Kentucky Volunteers to take post at 

New Haven for protection of, near Rolling Fork 3 

Colonel Manson"s regiment of Indiana Volunteers responsible for 

safety of railroad, in vicinity of Bardstown Junction 3 

Colonel Turchin's regiment of Illinois Volunteers to remain at 

Lebanon Junction for protection of certain 3 

Colonel Boone's regiment of Kentucky Volunteers charged with 

safety of railroad, at Shephardville. Ky 9 

Respecting repair of, across Tuscumbia Creek 38 

Muddy Creek 39 

One regiment of General Denver's Brigade to guard, at Moscow 44 



INDEX. XXIX 

Bridges— Continued. Page. 

Captain Jenney, Engineer, to provide tools and materials for a, 400 

feet long 83, 84 

Respecting destruction of, across Clear Creek 149 

127th Illinois Volunteers to guard, across Chickasaw bayou 152 

Battalion of 113th Illinois Volunteers to guard, across Chickasaw 

bayou 15'i 

Leading to Jackson to be destroyed 170, 171 

{See Messenger's Bridge.) 175 

One Brigade of 2(i Division, 15th Corps, to guard, over Black River.... 192 
2d Brigade of 3d Division, loth Corps, to guard railroad, over Black 

River 192 

Orders destruction of, on Meridian railroad 220,221 

Mobile and Ohio railroad 222 

(See Pearl River Bridge.) 224 

Orders destruction of, over Big Black 138,224,225 

(See Chattahoochee Bridge.) 295 

Strength of the enemy guarding, across Coosa River to be developed.. 299 
At Resaeca and the iron one north of it to be removed by rail to 

Chattanooga and stored for future use 313 

Orders thorough destruction of certain 320,343,344 

(See Edisto Bridge.) 342 

Brigades— 

General Negley's, of Pennsylvania Reserves to proceed to camp on 

Nolin Creek 8 

1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, 
Announces organization of; the four, to be commanded respectively 

by Colonels Hicks, Stuart, Hildebrand and Buckland 12 

Commanders of, to promulgate at once all orders received by them... 13 
appoint Brigade Commissaries and Quartermas- 
ters 13,14 

6th Iowa Volunteers attached to 1st IG 

Stones' Battery, Kentucky Volunteers, attached to 2d IG 

Six companies of Ohio Cavalry attached to 3d 16 

Commanders of, to see that good roads are made from boats to 

plateau above the river 16 

Prescribes encampment of the several 18 

bth Division, Army of the Tennessee, 

Instructions to commanders of, on posting proper guards and caus- 
ing examination of ground on immediate front, (See Wounded) 22, 23 

Remarks on importance of, drills 24 

Announces organization of; to be commanded respectively by 
Brigadier General Smith, (M. L.,) Colonels McDowell and 

Buckland 29,30 

3d, to be commanded by Brigadier General J. W. Denver 30 

6th Missouri Volunteers attached to the 1st 31 

Commanders of, to cause officers absent without leave to be reported 
deserters 31 



XXX INDEX. 

Brigades — Continued. Page. 

r>th Division, Army of the Tennessee, 

Assigns position of 2d 34 

Prescribes movements of the several 38 

3d, to move on Pocahontas road and repair bridge over Tuscumbia 
Creek 38 

1st, to move beyond Pocahontas and repair bridge across Muddy 39 

2d, to bivouac near Pocahontas 39 

1st, to encamp near Spring Creeli ; 2d, on east side, and 3d on west 
vSide of Porter's Creek ^ 40 

2d and 3d, to take position, respectively, on left and right of State 
line where it crosses second branch of Spring Creek 41 

One, of General Hurlbut's Division to occupy camp of 3d Brigade 
on Porter's Creek 41 

3d, to march on State line to Moscow and examine state of damages 
on the Memphis and Charleston railroad 41 

3d, to move ten miles and select camping ground for the Division, 
leaving one regiment to guard bridge at Moscow 44 

1st and '2d, to march to camping ground 44 

1st and 3d, to move about one mile beyond Moscow and camp near 
Wolf River; 2d, to occupy Moscow 44 

Order of march; duties of leading and rear, &c 48,49 

Genera] Hovey's, to embark for Helena, Ark 52 

Prescribes positions of the several, in and near Memphis 56,57 

District of Memphis, 

Announces organization of; to be commanded, respectively, by 
Brigadier General M. L. Smith, Colonel McDowell, Brigadier Gen- 
eral Denver, Lieutenant Colonel Malmborg.and Colonel London... 71,72 

6th, to be commanded by Brigadier General Lauman 73 

Right Wing, Army of the Tennessee, 

Commanders of, to hold Colonels responsible that stolen articles be 
turned in to the Brigade Commissary or Quartermaster, and the 
offenders punished 80 

One, of 1st Division, detailed to destroy section of the Vicksburg 
and Shreveport railroad at or near Jois bayou 92 

Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi, 

Announces organization of; of the 1st Division, to be commanded 
by Brigadier Generals Blair, Hovey, and Thayer; of the 2d Division, 

by Colonels G. A. Smith and F. Kelly Smith 102. 103 

Fifteenth Army Corps, 

Commanders of, to superintend unloading regimental boats and 
encampment of the troops 109 

2d, of IstDiv'n, to construct a road passable for Artillery and wagons. 109,110 
change camping grounds 112 

Reorganization of; of 1st Division, to be commanded by Colonels 
Manter, Woods, and Brigadier General Thayer; of 2d Division, by 
Colonels G. A. Smith, T. K. Smith, and Brigadier General Ewing; 
of 3d Division, by Brigadier General Buckland, Colonel Mower, and 
Brigadier General J. E. Smith 121, 125 



INDEX. XXXI 

BniG^n^s— Continued. Page. 

Fifteenth Army Corps, 

2d, of 3d Division, to garrison Jackson, Miss 142 

Commanders of, to designate one officer and one enlisted man to 

collect absentees 180,181 

Colonel Sanford's, of 4th Division, to proceed to Oak Ridge P. 181 

Disposition of the, of the several Divisions; 4th, of 4th Division 

broken up 190, 191 

6th Iowa Volunteers attached to the 2d, 4th Division 191 

48th Illinois Volunteers attached to the 3d, 4th Division 191 

One. of 2d Division, to guard bridge over Black River 192 

2d, of 3d Division to guard railroad bridge over Black River 192 

Cavalry, to take post at Messenger's Ford, reporting to commander 

3d Division 192 

Army of the Tennessee, 

Fuller's, of the 16th Army Corps, to take post at luka 203 

be fitted out for field service 204 

Cavalry, under Colonel Long to take post on the Hiawassee, and sub- 

s^istfor the time on resources of the country 212 

(See Marine Brigade.) 225 

Division of the Mississippi, 

Orders the, at Alatoona Pass to occupy Kenesaw Mountain 263 

General Coose's Division and one, of 15th Corps to develop strength 

of enemy guarding bridge over Coosa River 299 

Brigade Surgeons — 

Instructions relative to, and their duties 5 

Brigadier Generals — 

Announces names of officers appointed 273 

Buck, E. J., (Surgeon, 18th Wisconsin)— 

To visit hospitals at Wilmington and ascertain condition of patients 

belonging to the army in the field 35?) 

BuCKE, W. N., (Captain, 52d Ohio)— 

Relieved as Military Conductor of U. S. railroads 279 

BucKLAND, R. p., (Colonel)— 

To command 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 12 

3d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 30 

5th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

1st Brigade. 3d Division, 15th Army Corps 124 

BuEL, D. H., (Captain of Ordnance)— 

Announced as Chief Ordnance Officer of Army of the Tennessee 220 

During absence of Chief of Ordnance to supervise Ordnance Depart- 
ment of the Army in the field 352 

Buildings— 

Chief Quartermaster to take possession of all vacant, in Memphis. 

and rent same to loyal tenants ■'•3 

A Board of Survey to appraise value in gold of, within lines of 
intrenehments at Natchez and which it may be necessary to 
destroj'- 227 



XXXTI INDEX. 

Buildings— Conimued. Page. 

No rent to he paid for, in Savannah, occupied by the military 325 

In Savannah may be destroyed by Chief Eng'r in charge of defenses... o30 
Court-house and other, in Savannah needed by Treasury Agent 

Draper to be turned over to him 33.3 

Public, in Columbia to be destroyed 343 

Bunker Hill, Va. — 

Telegram of Secretary of War announces victory gained near, by 

command under General Sheridan 293,294 

Burials, (See Interments.) 
Bdrnside, a. E., (Major General)— 

Congratulatory letter of, on part taken by Army of Tennessee in 

battle of Chattanooga and siege of Knoxviile 214 

Byers, S. H. M., (Lieutenant, 5th Iowa) — 

Detailed as bearer of dispatches 346 

Cadetship — 

Division Commanders to make selection of candidates for, at the 

Military Academy 182 

Announces successful candidates for, at the Military Academy 188, 189 

Cairo, III.— 

All prisoners of war in Department of the Tennessee to be sent to... 207 
Commander of 17th Corps to organize two good divisions to rendez- 
vous at 230 

Commander at, to aid rebel deserters and refugees in obtaining 

employment 277,278 

Callendar, H. S., (Private, 26th Iowa)— 

Recommended for immediate appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy 188 

Camps — 

Brigadier General McCook to command, at Nolin Creek 3 

To leave roads entirely clear 39 

Instructions respecting 35, 37 

Regimental commanders to establish, under direction of command- 
ing officer of brigade lf'9 

(See Convalescent Camps.) 154 

Divisions of 15th Corps to return to their, on Black River 174, 175 

Respecting disposition of Confederate cotton in vicinity of, of 15th 

Corps 190 

One or more, of instruction to be established at or near Nashville... 237, 238 
For each army in the field to be established for reception of recruits, 

&e., arriving, and sick, &c., going to the rear 276, 277 

Commanders of armies in the field may establish a store near main, 

to supply troops with articles not on ration table 292, 293 

Near Savannah may be removed by Engineer in charge of defenses.. 3.30 
Commander of Department of the South to establish an intrenched, 

at or near Pocotaligo .W 340 

Canal — 

Each Division of 15th Corps to furnish 500 men for work on, near 
Vicksburg 114 



INDEX. XXXlll 

Canton, Miss. — Page. 

Respecting movements of army in the field near 225,226 

Carriages — 

Suitable for transportation of stores or sick may be seized 74 

Carthage, Miss. — 

15th Corps to march on 130,1:51 

Movement of 15th Corps on, suspended 132 

Cartridges — 

Enlisted men to be charged for wasted, at rate of fifty cents each 78 

Cassville, Ga. — 

Army of the Cumberland to be grouped in and around 245 

Cattle Guarb — 

Recruits and detachments forming Captain Todd's, to be sent at once 
to join their commands; one small regiment as, to be detailed from 

14th Corps 312 

Cavalry, (See Cavalry Corps)— 

To avail itself of every opportunity to forage on the country 39 

Commanders of detachments of, to prepare lists of men captured 

and paroled 58 

Announces, attached to Divisions of 2d Corps, Army of Mississippi 102, 103 

Of 2d Division, 15th Corps, to disembark 108 

All, to be massed on Bear Creek 160 

Of 15th Corps to prepare for an expedition 181 

Brigade of, to take post at Messenger's Ford.' 192 

Colonel Winslow announced as Chief of, of 15th Army Corps 193 

And 1st and 2d Divisions, 15th Corps, to proceed to luka and march 

up to Tuscumbia to secure safety of railroad 198 

Colonel Long's Brigade of, to take post on the Hiawassee and subsist 

at present on resources of the country 212 

Squadron of 3d U. S., to join 15th Army Corps 212 

Brigadier General W, S. Smith to command all, in Department of the 

Tennessee 219 

A special, force to be organized under General Stoneman 233 

A, raid to be made to secure Alatoona Pass, &c 249,250 

Brigadier General R. W. Johnson announced as Chief of, of Division 

of the Mississippi 281 

Officers on duty in Staff Departments to furnish Chief of, such 

reports and returns as he may require 294 

Attention of officers of, called to importance of prompt rendition of 

reports and returns 303, 304 

General Wilson to relieve General Johnson as Chief of; office of 

• Chief of, at Department Headquarters abolished 307 

Major Chambliss announced as Inspector of, for Division of the Mis- 
sissippi 309 

Of army in the field to use all efforts to rescue prisoners of war con- 
fined near Millen 319 

Commanders of 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Corps to select 100 good 
horses for use of, of army in the field 321 



XXXIV INDEX. 

Cavalry — Continued. Page. 

Horses ridden by unauthorized persons to be seized for use of 321, 322 

General Kilpatrick to command the, of army in the field 353 

Cavalry Corps, {See Cavalry) — 

All Cavalry forces in Division of the Mississippi to constitute a, 

under command of Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson 307 

Dismounted men of the, to be remounted 311 

13th Pennsylvania Cavalry transferred to 3d Division of the 353 

23d Battery INevv York Volunteers, transferred to the 354 

3d Division of, transferred to Department of North Carolina; dispo- 
sition of troops of 3()7 

('emetery — 

Engineer in charge of P^ort Pickering to lay off for a, a plat of three 

acres 67 

Chadsey, C. M., (Lieutenant) — 

Detailed as bearer of dispatches to General McPherson 230 

Chambliss, W. p., (Major, 4th U. S. Cavalry)— 

Announced as Inspector of Cavalry for Division of the Mississippi... 30i» 
Charleston, S. C. — 

Publishes resolutions of Legislature of Louisiana on fall of. .358 

Charleston Islands, S. C. — 

The, south, reserved for settlement of negroes .337 

Charleston Railroad, {See Memphis and Charleston Railroad.) 
Chattahoochee Bridge — 

General Slocum with 20th Corps to hold Atlanta and the 295 

" Chattanooga " — 

Congratulatory order to Army of the Tennessee on part taken by it 

in battle of. 213,214 

Chattanooga, 'J'enn. — 

Ordnance Depot at, designated as a general depot for supply of the 

armies in the field 298 

Certain bridges to be removed to, by rail and stored for future use... 313 
Chickasaw Creek — 

Grand depot of supplies to be established at mouth of, for the army 

before Vicksburg 148 

Cilley, C. a., (Captain, Assistant Adjutant General)— 

Transferred to the Army of the Ohio- 298 

Citizens — 

Commanders in the field to protect property of 2 

May be impressed as guides 17 

No, allowed to come within the lines; farmers at their work to be 

encouraged and protected 18 

As a rule private property of, to be respected 37 

Not employed in the army and all women to leave the command 

(Vicksburg Expedition,) to be sent by rail to Holly Springs 76 

Not belonging to the crew not to be allowed on board transports; 
found with troops below Helena to be conscripted or put to work 
as deck hands without wages 87,88 



INDEX. XXXV 

Citizens — Continued. Page, 
Not admitted within lines without passes from Headquarters of De- 
partment or loth Army Corps 150 

Setting up livery stables or hiring horses without authority liable to 

confiscation of property i 15G 

As a general policy, of luka should leave and stay away; all found 
lurking about the town or railroad to be sent to Memphis or put in 

the chain gang 199 

Respecting duties of, in districts subject to laws of war ; not wishing 

impressment nor foraging to put down guerilla bands 200,202 

All, within limits of Department of Tennessee liable to conscription; 

reports to be made by every officer making forced levies 204 

No compensation to be made to disloyal, for forage or stores taken... 215 

Of Memphis to be organized into a Home Brigade 217 

Despoiled of houses within limits of intrenehments at Natchez may 

be given vacant property in that city belonging to rebels 227 

Claims of loyal, on Mississippi River to be adjudicated 229 

Respecting transportation of, on railroads running from Nashville.. 2.33, 234 
No subsistence stores to be sold to, at military posts south of Nash- 
ville ■ 237 

Of Atlanta to vacate the city 288,289 

All, of Atlanta wishing to go south to be allowed such facilities as 
can be afforded ; may sell private property, except cotton, tobacco, 

horses, &c 291,292 

Respecting aid to destitute, of Savannah; well disposed, to be 
encouraged to resume usual pursuits; Mayor of the city to report 
names of all wishing to leave; abuse of privileges granted to be 

severely punished 326, 328 

Punishments for murder, &c., of Union, of Georgia 334 

Clarke, L., (Sergeant, 13th U. S. Infantry)— 

Recommended for immediate appointment as cadet at the Military 

Academy 1^88 

Clear Creek — 

Orders destruction of certain bridges over 1-19 

Clinton Road — 

1st and 3d Divisions, 15th Corps, to march by the, to Bolton 144 

Clothing — 

Commanders of 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Corps to make at once 

full estimates for winter 312 

Colors — 

Troops to inscribe "Atlanta" on their 287 

Columbia, S. C. — 

Public buildings, railroad property, machine shops, &c., in, to be 

destroyed ^^'-^ 

Columbus, Tenn. — 

General J, C. Davis' Division to march to 211 

Commendatory Orders, {See Congratulatory Orders) — 

On relieving Brigadier General D. Stuart from command of 2d Divi- 
sion, 15th Corps 120 



XXXVI INDEX. 

Commendatory Orders— Con ^inwed. Page. 

On relieving Brigadier General F. P. Blair, jr., from command of 15th 

Army Corps 212 

J. M. Corse, from duty as Acting In- 
spector General 272 

gallant defense of post of Alatoona 296,297 

relieving detachment of 1st Alabama Cavalry under Lieutenant 

Snelling from duty as couriers at Headquarters...! 368 

Commerce — 

Rules and principles to govern, and intercourse with people of the 

South 335,336 

Commissary of Subsistence — 

To be appointed by Brigade Commanders; relative to duties of 13, 14 

Lieutenant Colonel McFeely announced as, of 15th Army Corps 117 

Brigade, to economize subsistence stores, to forage for beef and 

corn 137 

Captain Doty assigned as Inspecting, of Department of Tennessee... 229 

Colonel Beckwith announced as Chief, of Division of Mississippi 237 

Respecting issues of supplies by, to certain gunboats 256 

Instructions to, respecting supplies 261, 262 

To furnish Chief of Cavalry such reports, &c., as he may require 294 

Respecting issues of supplies to destitute families in Savannah 326,327 

Chief, to transfer grand depot of supplies to Savannah 325 

of Division of Mississippi may give suitable employment to 
people, white or black, and extend temporary relief to 

worthy persons 328 

Lieutenant Colonel Reinick to act as Chief, of army in the field 360 

Commission— (M?.) — 

A, to sit daily at Provost Marshal's Office in Memphis for trial of 

offenders fiS 

Conductors— (-See Military Conductors.) 
Confederate Forces — 

Announces a ten days' truce with, in Georgia 291 

Address to army in the field on its success near Bentonville against, 

under General Johnston 348 

Announces surrender of, under General Lee 361 

truce with, under General Johnston 363 

termination of truce with, under General Johnston 365 

the war as to, under General Johnston.. 365,366 
Confederate Money — 

Chief Quartermaster of 15th Corps to transfer $1,000 in, to Chief of 

Cavalry of Department of the Cumberland 247 

Congratulatory Orders, (See Commendatory Orders) — 

To Army of the Tennessee on part taken in battle of Chattanooga 

and siege of Knoxville 213,214 

On success of operations closing with possession of Meridian 222 

Conscription — 

Citizens found on board army transports below Helena liable to 88 

within limits of Department of the Tennessee liable to 204 



INDEX. XXXV 11 

Constitution of the U. S. — Page. 

Comments on certain articles of the, relative to rules of war govern' 

ing conduct of troops in an enemy's country 182,188 

Convalescent Camps, (_Sce Camps) — 

At Young's Point and Duckport discontinued 154 

Cooper, J, A., (Colonel) — 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Coosa River — 

Strength of enemy guarding bridge over, to be developed 299 

Corinth, Miss.— 

2d Division, loth Corps, to move to, for further orders 194 

4th Division, 15th Corps, to march to, for further orders 194,196 

Ordnance depot at, discontinued 205 

Corps — 

Organization of 2d, Army of Mississippi, and order of march 101,104 

Corse, J. M., (Brigadier General) — 

Announced as Acting Inspector General of armies in the field 239 

Relieved from duty as Acting Inspector General and assigned with 

Army of the Tennessee 272 

Thanks tendered to, for gallant defense of Alatoona 297 

Cotton — 

Annuls restriction on sale of, and prohibition of payment in gold 61 

Tracie in, prohibited; respecting disposition of, brought on board 

transports 87 

All, in city of Jackson to be destroyed 173 

Respecting disposition of Confederate, in vicinity of camps of 15th 

Corps 190 

Respecting disposition of Confederate, brought to Vicksburg by 

Yazoo River expedition. 228, 229 

Claims of loyal citizens on Mississippi River for, destroyed to be ad- 
judicated 229 

No, allowed to come by rail from country south of Nashville 258 

Respecting disposition of, in city of Atlanta 288,289 

Owned by citizens of Atlanta to be taken for benefit of the Govern- 
ment 292 

All captured, in city of Savannah to be turned over to Treasury 

agent 333 

May be brought to Savannah in small quantities, but sold through 

Treasury agents 334 

Sales of, restricted absolutely to Treasury agents 336 

Couriers — 

Relieves detachment of 1st Alabama Cavalry at Headquarters from 

duty as 368 

Cox, J. D., (Brigadier General)— 

To command Army of the Ohio during absence of regular com- 
mander 295 

Croxton, J. T., (Colonel)— 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 274 



XXXVIII INDEX. 

Cruft, C, (Brigadier General)— Page. 

To report to Department of the Cumberland after distributing troops 

of the Provisional Division under his command 355 

Custom House — 

In Savannah to be turned over to Treasurj' agent 333 

Dalton, Ga. — 

Announced as a depot of supplies 243 

Dayton, L. M., (Captain)— 

Announced as Acting Assistant Adjutant General of 15th Corps 116 

Decatur, Ga. — 

Army of the Tennessee to occupy 285 

Denig, E. D., (Captain, Assistant Adjutant General) — 

"J'ransferred to Army of the Cumberland 273 

Denver, J. W.. (Brigadier General)— 

To command 3d Brigade of 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 30 

District of Memphis 71 

1st Division, District of Memphis 72 

Department of North Carolina — 

Commander of, to organize a force of two corps or five divisions to 

form "centre" of armies in the field 348 

Chief Quartermaster of, to procure all necessary railroad running 

stock 350 

10th and 23d Corps to remain in ; 3d Division, Cavalry Corps, trans- 
ferred to 366,367 

Commander of, to collect convalescents, recruits, &c., of the armies 

in the field and send those fit for fatigue duty to Alexandria 367, 368 

Department of the Cumberland — 

General Sherman assumes command of the 1 

Colonel Swords announced as Chief Quartermaster; Colonel Larned 

as Chief Paymaster 4 

5th Illinois Volunteers transferred to the 264 

Officers and men in the, belonging to the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th 

Corps to be organized into battalions and held in reserve 317 

Brigadier General T. F. Meagher assigned to the 318 

Department of the South — 

Announces rules and principles to govern in, respecting commerce 

and intercourse with the people of the South 335,336 

Commander of, to occupy Savannah and establish an intrenched 

camp near Pocotaligo 340 

Brigadier General H. Prince assigned to 3i2 

Department of the Tennessee — 

General Sherman assumes command; subdivisions of, announced; 
general duties of commanders regarding trade; foraging to be 

done in districts infested by guerillas 200-202 

Chief Signal Officer to report at Headquarters of 203 

Citizens within limits of, liable to impressment 294 

Prisoners of war in, to be sent to Cairo 207 

All Cavalry in, placed under command of Brigadier General W. S. 
Smith 219 



INDEX. XXXIX 

Department of the Tennessee — Continued. Page- 
Captain Buel announced as Chief Ordnance Officer of. 220 

Doty assigned as Inspecting Commissary of 229 

Major General Howard to command the 273 

Depots — 

For 200,000 rations established at Nolin Creek 4 

50,000 rations to be kept at Elizabethtown 11 

200,000 rations to be established at West Point 11 

Grand, of supplies for army before Vicksburg established at mouth 

of Chickasaw Creek 148 

Of supplies for loth Corps to be at railroad on Black River 177 

(See Orbnance Depot) 205, 216, 278, 298 

Dalton, Ga., announced as a, of supplies 243 

At Resacca to be discontinued 254 

Army of the Tennessee to draw supplies from, at Big Shanty 256 

Ohio to draw supplies from, at Alatoona 256 

Cumberland to draw supplies from, at Acworth 256 

Marietta to be a grand, of supplies 264 

Of supplies to be for the present at King's bridge 323 

Savannah to be made a grand, for future operations 325 

Temporary, to be established by commanders of right and left wing 

of armies in the field 347 

Deserters — 

Officers absent without leave to be reported 31 

Absentees not disabled to be arrested as, and confined on bread and 

water 106 

Respecting, from rebel army 277,278 

Dispatches, (See Bearer op Dispatches.) 
Disembarkation — 

Order for, of troops of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 92,93, 98,99 

Distillation— 

Use of grain for. prohibited in Tennessee 270 

District of Memphis — 

Announces arrangement of troops in, by Brigades and Divisions 71,72 

Chief Quartermaster of, authorized to seize carriages, wagons, &c., 

suitable for transportation of stores or sick 74 

District of Kentucky — 

Commander of, to furnish certain returns and reports to Chief of 

Cavalry 304 

District of Tennessee — 

Commander of, to furnish certain returns and reports to Chief of 

Cavalry 304 

District of the Etowah — 

Constituted; commanded by Major General Steadman 256 

Commander of Army of the Cumberland to furnish the commanding 

officer of the; 1,000 men as a train guard 259 

Kenesaw Mountain embraced in 263 

Commander of, to furnish certain returns and reports to Chief of 
Cavalry 304 



XL INDEX. 

District of Vicksburg — Page. 

Temporary command of, to be exercised by Major General Hurlbut. 2W 
District of West Florida — 

Brigadier General J. Newton to command the 294 

Districts — 

General McArthur to command, embracing Kenesaw, Marietta, Ros- 
well, &c.; to guard railroad from Big Shanty to Chattahoochie ; to 

establish camps for reception of recruits, sick, Ac 276, 277 

Commanders of, in Division of Mississippi to render assistance to 

Treasury agents not incompatible with military operations 324 

Division of the Mississippi — 

General Sherman assumes command of, and announces Statf 231, 232 

Colonel Beckwith announced as Chief Commissary 237 

Announces field Staff of Commanding General 239 

Colonel Easton announced as Chief Quartermaster 240, 284 

Kittoe announced as Chief Medical Inspector 240 

(See Military Conductors) 261 

Brigadier General R. W. Johnson announced as Chief of Cavalry 281 

Instructions regarding trade in 281-283 

Lieutenant Colonel Warner relieved as Acting Inspector General 305 

Major General G. H. Thomas announced as second in command 308 

Chambliss announced as Inspector of Cavalry 309 

Brig. Gen. Tower announced as Inspector General of fortifications.. 310 

Major Hitchcock announced on personal Staff. 311 

General and business Headq'rs of the, transferred to Savannah 329 

Alexandria ... 368, 309 
Divisions, (See Brigades) — 
1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, 

Organization ; prescribes order of movement of transports 12. 13 

Movement of transports; instructions in case a landing is made; 
silence enjoined; acts of pillage, &c., to be punished; mode of dis- 
tribution of orders from Headquarters 14,15 

Announces Staff 16 

Order of march from Pittsburg on the Corinth road, (See Guides) 17 

General Hurlbut's Division to disembark and encamp about one 

mile from river 17 

Troops to remain on transports ready to move by land or water 18 

Prescribes encampments of brigades 18 

Steamer "Hannibal" announced as store boat; respecting detail and 

relief of guard on board 19 

Lieutenant Strong announced as Acting Quartermaster 20 

oth Division, Army of the Tennessee, 

Order of march ; regulates allowance of tents, <fec 25 

Address to the troops; straggling to be prevented 26, 27,32,33 

Announces organization of brigades 29 

Captain J. C. Smith announced as Division Quartermaster, (See Train) 33 

General Hurlbut's Division to repair Pocahontas road to Big Hatchie 38 

send an expedition towards Jonesboro' 40 

move to Grand Junction 41 



INDEX. XLI 

Divisions— ConimMed. ' Page. 

5th Division, Army of the Tennessee. 

To move to Moscow 44 

be mustered for payment; instructions relative thereto 4") 

Order of march 46 

All troops of General McClernand's Division at Grand Junction to 

move to Bolivar 47 

General Hurlbut's Division to march through Moscow and encamp 

west of the bridge and north of the river 47 

Order of march and disposition of trains; duties of leading and rear 
brigades; troops to be held ready for action; animals not to be 

watered unless a general halt is made 48, 49 

The, and General Hurlbut's Division to remain in camp at White 

Station "0 

The, and General Hurlbut's Division to remain in camp in and 

around Fort Pickering -^l 

Position of the troops 56, ''>'7 

Commanders of detachments of Artillery and Cavalry to prepare 

lists of men captured and paroled 58 

District of Memphis, 
Organization of Divisions of; to be commanded, respectively, by 
Generals Denver and Smith ; to be prepared for the field : supplies, 

how obtained 7'2 

Brigadier General Lauman to command 3d; one regiment from each, 

to garrison Fort Pickering 73 

Order of march; to provide good guard for the train 75 

Right Wing— Army of the Tennessee, 
Instructions for guidance of Division Surgeons and Quartermasters.. 76, 77 
1st, to move to College Hill; 2d, to a camp near Bowie's Mill; 3d, to 

a point near Hurricane Creek "9 

1st and 3d, to make consolidated reports to General Grant 81 

2d, to march towards Memphis )^1 

Valedictory to troops of the 1st and 3d 81 

1st, under Brigadier General A. J. Smith, to form the " right " or 
advance; 2d, under General M. L. Smith, to form "centre;" 3d, 
under General Morgan, the '• left;" troops at Helena to compose 

the 4th, or " reserve " 82 

Assigned levees in case of embarkation 82 

1st, 2d, and 3d, to embark and proceed down the river below Helena ; 

head of column at Friar's Point 88 

{See Transports) 83,90, 91 

Order of march of the several 93 

Movements and positions of the several, regulated 95-97 

Infantry and Artillery of 4th, together with a brigade of the 2d, to 

prepare for an important expedition 97 

Id Corps, Army of the Mississippi, 
Organization of; to be commanded, respectively, by Generals Steele 
and Stuart 1^'2, 103 



XLII INDEX. 

Divisions— Consumed. Page. 

Fourteenth Army Corps, 

General J. C. Davis', to march on Loudon 210 

to Columbus 211 

Chattanooga by road through Mc- 

Daniel's Gap 213 

Fifteenth Army Corps, 
Commanders of, to detail parties to bury enemy's dead ; reports to be 

made 106 

Cavalry of 2d, to disembark 108 

Assigns guard and picket duties of the 1st and 2d 110 

1st, to furnish 600 men to the Yazoo Cut-off expedition 113 

Commanders of, to furnish 500 men for work on canal near Vicksburg 114 

Positions of the, changed 115 

1st, to embark at Young's Point for an expedition 118 

2d, to furnish 1,000 men to report to Chief Engineer 119 

8th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to be known as 3d 119 

2d, to be commanded by Major General Blair 119 

Organization of; to be commanded, respectively, by Generals Steele, 

Blair and Tuttle 120-125 

1st, now at Greenville, Miss., to return to camp 130 

1st and 3d, to march to Perkins' plantation, below Carthage ; 2d, to 

Milliken's Bend 133 

2d, to take charge of country bordering on the Mississippi 134 

line of march for Grand Gulf 135 

Respecting movement of 1st and 3d, to Grand Gulf 135 

1st and 3d, to prepare for an early movement 137 

Movements of the, regulated 141 

1st Iowa Battery attached to the 1st 140 

1st and 3d, to move on road to Jackson 141, 142 

destroy railroads leading to Jackson 142, 143 

march to Bolton by Mississippi Springs 143 

Clinton road 144 

Movements of the, on road to Vicksburg 145 

2d, to take charge of siege operations along graveyard road 153 

3d, to prepare to march to Haines' Bluff 153 

Instructions to commanders of, regulating their duties 157-160 

One, to occupy Jackson 171 

4th, to be commanded by Brigadier General Ewing 174 

1st, to take post at railroad crossing of Black River 177 

Commanders of, to select candidates for cadetships at the Military 

Academy 182 

2d, to furnish one regiment for picket duty between Mrs. Lake's 

house and the Amsterdam farm 189 

Disposition of the several 190, 191 

1st, to march to Vicksburg for further orders 191 

2d and 4th, to be held ready to march to Memphis 192 

3d, to have charge of line of Black River 193 



INDEX. XLIII 

Divisions — Continued. Page. 

Fifteenth Army Corps. 

8th Ohio Battery transferred to 3d 194 

2d, to march to Vicksburg for further orders 194 

Corinth 194 

4th, to move to Corinth 194, lac 

Organization of; to be commanded, respectively, by Generals Oster- 

baus, M. L. Smith, J. E. Smith and Ewing 197,198 

Movement of 1st and 2d ; order of march 197, igg 

Gen. Blair to command the 1st and 2d, and with Cav. force to proceed 

to luka, marching up to Tuscumbia, to secure safety of railroad 108 

Commander of 4th, to assume command in and near luka 198, 199 

4th, to prepare to march to Florence 20.3 

3d, to rejoin its proper corps 206 

Two, to march to Chattanooga by road through Julian's Gap 213 

at Chattanooga to take charge of certain pontoons 215 

2d Division of 17th Corps to be known as ;5d 216 

3d, transferred to IGth Corps 210 

1st and 3d, of General Hurlbut's command to furnish a force for an 

expedition up Red River 227 

General J. E. Smith's, to be posted at Kingston and along railroad.... 259 

occupy Alatoona 2C3 

assemble at Cartersville and Alatoona 311 

Announces capture of Fort McAllister by 2d 323 

Sixteenth Army Corps, 

General Dodge's, to be prepared for field service 204 

cross Tennessee River and move east 205 

furnish one regiment to liold Eastport 206 

General Corse's, to develop strength of enemy guarding bridge over 

Coosa River 299 

be held at Rome 311 

Seventeenth Army Corps, 

2d, transferred to 15th Corps 216 

One, to move on Mobile and Ohio railroad, destroying road, bridges 

and other property, including saw mills 222 

Two, to rendezvous at Cairo 230 

Army of the Tennessee, 
8th, to be commanded by Brigadier General Tuttle ; transferred to 

15th Corps 119 

Doty, C, (Captain, C. S.)— 

Assigned as Inspecting Commissary of Department of Tennessee.. . 229 
Draper, Simeon, (Treasury Agent)— 

Captured cotton in Savannah, also Custom House and other build- 
ings, Mr., may require to be turned over to him 333 

Drills — 

Remarks on importance of brigade 24 

Easton, L. C, (Colonel)— 

Announced as Chief Quartermaster of Division of the Mississippi... 284 

armies in the field 240,277 



XLir INDEX. 

East Point, Ga.— Page. 

Army of Ohio to occupy 285,286 

Eastport, Miss.— 

To be considered head of navigation of Tennessee River 205 

One regiment of General Dodge's Division to hold, {See Sick) 206 

A force of about 5,000 men to be placed at, by commander of Army of 
the Tennessee 244,245 

Edisto Bridge — 

To he destroyed 342 

Elizabethtown, Ky.— 

A guard to be kept at, and along road back to tunnel 3 

19lh Illinois Volunteers to march to 8 

37th Indiana and 1st and 18th Ohio Volunteers ordered to 10 

A depot of at least 50,000 rations to be kept at 11 

Encampmexts, {See Camps.) 

Engineer, (Chief) — 

Of Right Wing, Army of the Tennessee, to provide tools and mate- 
rials for a bridge about 400 feet long 83, 84 

Of Division of Mississippi charged with contracting lines of 
defenses for City of Savannah ; authorized to remove camps and 
destroy buildings 330 

Engineers — 

Of transports subject only to orders of commander of troops on 
board 85 

Enlisted BIex — 

Leaving ranks on plea of helping the wounded liable to punishment.. 23 

Instructions to, on subject of firing 24 

Riding in wagons to be punished, (<S'ee Teamsters) 40 

Crossing to Memphis without authority to be put to work in trenches 50 

Rules respecting passes to 53 

Commanders of detachments of Cavalry and Artillery to prepare list 

of, captured and paroled > 58 

Respecting, absent without leave Gl, 62 

Passes to, limited to daytime G3, 64 

To be charged 50 cents for each cartridge wasted 78 

Brigade commanders responsible that, guilty of stealing be punished.. 80 

Wives of, notallowed to pass below Helena 87 

{See Pillage) 105 

Absent from their commands and not disabled to be arrested as 
deserters and confined on bread and water 106 

Enlistment — 

Forbids, of negroes usefully employed in the Staff Departments 251 

Of able-bodied negroes to Vje encouraged 338 

EwiNG, C, (Captain, 13th U. S. Infantry)— 

Announced as Acting Inspector General of loth Corps 150 

armies in the field... 239 

To proceed as bearer of dispatches to Hilton Head, Old Point Com- 
fort, and Washington 331 

Announced as Brigadier General and assigned to Army of Tennessee.. 354 



INDEX. XLV 

EwiNG, H., (Brigadier General)— Page. 

To eommaud 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 123 

4th Division, 15th Corps 174, 197 

Expedition — 

General Hnrlbut to send an, towards Jonesboro' 40 

{See VicKSBURG Expedition) 76 

{See Citizens) 88 

Certain troops to prepare for an important; "objective," to be a com- 
bined attack on battery at Haines' Bhiff 97, 98 

Right Wing, Army of the Tennessee, to prepare for another 100 

1st Division, 15th Corps, to furnish GOO men for the, to Yazoo Cut-ofF... 113 

embark at Young's Point for an 118 

A combined gunboat and army, to be made up the Yazoo 132 

Movements of, against Jackson 1G2-165 

Chief Quartermaster of, against Jackson to send supply train to 

Black River Bridge 167 

An, to be organized under command of Colonel Woods, 76th Ohio 169 

Cavalry and a section of Artillery from 13th Corps to prepare for an... 170 

Address announcing success of, against Jackson 172, 173 

Cavalry of 13th Corps to prepare for an 181 

A force of about 1,000 men to be prepared for an 193 

Movements of, under Generals Hurlbut and McPherson 218, 219 

16th and 17th Corps to take line of march on another 223, 224 

A force to be organized for an, up the Red River 227,228 

Respecting cotton brought to Vicksburg by the Yazoo River 228, 229 

Exportation — 

Prohibits, from Tennessee, of any agricultural produce of kind re- 
quired by the troops 2G6, 270 

Express Companies — 

On railroads running from Nashville allowed one car per day 234 

Factories — 

In City of Fayetteville to be destroyed 345 

Fayetteville Arsenal — 

To be destroyed 345 

Fayetteville, N. C— 

Left wing of army in the field to hold, and destroy railroad property, 
shops, factories, &c., and mills, save one water mill 345 

Field Works — 

Respecting, to be erected at mouth of Salt River 9 

Fire, (See Artillery Fire.) 

Firing — 

Commissioned officers to prevent, of guns 18 

To be low when smoke hangs or bushes intervene 24 

Unauthorized, of guns to be punished as a false alarm 80 

Fitch, H. S., (Captain)— 

Announced as Provost Marshal and Judge Advocate of 15th Corps... 19G 

Flags, (See Colors) — 

Respecting, to be carried by transports 86 



XLVI INDEX. 

Florence, Ala.— Page- 
Sick and convalescents of 15th Corps to be sent to 205 

Florence, Tenn. — 

llltli Illinois Volunteers ordered to 202 

4th Division, 15th Corps, to prepare to march to 203 

Florida — 

Country bordering the St. John's River set apart for settlement of 

negroes 337 

Forage— 

Respecting settlement for, taken 2 

Half rations of, to be issued 28 

Requisitions for, to be made for ten days in advance 47 

No compensation to be made for, taken from disloyal citizens 215 

No, to be issued at the front except to good Cavalry and Artillery 

horses •• 259 

Foraging — 

Cavalry to avail itself of every opportunity of, on the country 39 

Instructions on subject of 43 

Brigade Commissaries to obtain beef and corn by.. 137 

To be done in districts infested by guerillas ; citizens not wishing, to 

repress guerilla bands 200-202 

Command in the Hiawassee to subsist at present by, on the country.. 212 
Commanders of the armies in the field to cause liberal, on the 

country 305,30fi 

To cease at once 366 

Ford, S. J. (Private, 47th Illinois)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Accademy in case of new vacancies 189 

Fortifications — 

Negroes not officers' servants to be registered and put to work on, of 

Memphis 50 

Respecting subsistence of negroes employed on 54 

Of Post of Arkansas to be levelled 107 

Brigadier General Tower announced as Inspector General of, in 

Division of Mississippi 310 

Construction of, at Savannah to commence at once 330 

Fort McAllister — 

Announces capture of, by 2d Division of 15th Corps 323 

Fort McPhersox — 

Intrenchments at Natchez to be known as 227 

Fort Pickering— 

5th Division. Army of the Tennessee, and General Hurlbut's Division 

tocamp in and around 51 

All houses inside of new, to be vacated {See Houses) 52,53 

Engineer in charge of, to lay off a plat outside the fort for a cemetery.. 67 
One regiment from each Division of District of Memphis to garrison.. 73 
Troops in, not assigned to Right Wing Army of Tennesse to remain 
under General Hurlbut, commanding City and District of Memphis.. 83 



INDEX. XLVII 

Freight— Page. 
Respecting transportation of, on railroads running south from Nash- 
ville 233,234 

Gaines' Landing — 

To be the second rendezvous of transports of Right Wing Army of 

the Tennessee 86 

General Orders — 

Modifies Par. 2 of, No. 25, Headquarters 15th Army Corps 129 

1 of. No. 22, Headquarters Division of the Mississippi.. 321 
Georgia — 

Announces a ten days' truce with Confederate forces in 291,292 

measures taken to protect people of, from guerillas, &c. 333,334 
GiEST, E., (Captain, A. Q. M.)— 

Transferred to Army of the Tennessee 279 

Goldseoro', N. C. — 

To be occupied by Army of Ohio; extraordinary exertions to be 

made to complete railroad into 347 

Goodman, , (Surgeon)— 

Announced as Medical Director of Army of Georgia 354 

Goodman, J. E., (Drummer, 110th Illinois.)— 

Recommended for immediate appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy 188 

Grain — 

Prohibits exportation of, raised in Tennessee 266 

use of, in Tennessee, for distillation 270 

Grain Sacks— 

To be saved and delivered to Division Quartermasters 113 

Grand Guards, {See Guards)— 

Three companies from each brigade to be detailed as a; instructions 

on the subject of 22, 23 

Instructions respecting; importance of good, cannot be overesti- 
mated 35,36 

Modifications in, and pickets 127,128 

Grand Gulf, Miss. — 

Respecting movement of 1st and 3d Divisions, 15th Corps, to 135 

troops and trains to 136 

Grand Junction, Tenn.— 

General Hurlbut's Division to move to 41 

All troops at or near, of McClernand's Division to move to Bolivar... 47 
Grant, U. S., (Lieut. General) — 

Telegram of, on capture of Atlanta 287 

Grazing — 

Stock horses to be sent for, to valleys of the Etowah and Oostanaula.. 259 
Greenville, Miss. — 

1st Division, 15th Corps, now at, to return to camp 130 

Griffith, W. E., (Private, 13th U. S. Infantry)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military 
Academy in case of new vacancies 188 



XLVIII INDEX. 

Grose, W., (Colonel)— Page. 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Guards, (See Grand Guards)— 

Respecting detail and relief of, on board store boat " Hannibal" 19 

details for, and pickets 30, 31 

Instructions relating to, camps, &c 35,36 

and duties of sentinels Ill, 112 

(See Train Guard.) 259 

(See Cattle Guard.) 312 

Commanders of army corps to furnish Chief Quartermaster 500 men 

for duty as, and for fatigue duty 326 

Guerillas— 

Foraging to be done in districts infested with, {See Citizens) 200-202 

Measures taken to protect people of Georgia from 333,33-1 

Guides — 

Citizens may be impressed as 17 

Gunboats — 

58th Ohio Volunteers detailed for duty on 113 

Two rifled 30-pounders to be turned over to "Queen of the West" 114 

Army supplies to be furnished certain, transferred to Navy Depart- 
ment 256 

Guns, [See Muskets) — 

Section of 20-pounder Parrott, attached to 2d Division, Right Wing, 
Army of the Tennessee 81 

Two 3U-pounder rifle, to be turned over to commander of ram 

"Queen of the West." 114 

Haines' Bluff — 

Respecting combined attack on battery at 98 

3d Division, 15th Corps, to prepare to march to 153 

Halleck, H. W., (Major General) — 

Telegram from, announcing success of Army of the Potomac at the 

"Wilderness," 240 

Hall's Ferry — 

Crossing at, to be guarded by squadron of 4th Iowa Cavalry 140 

Halts — 

Instructions relative to, &c 35,36 

Hamilton, F., (Private, 6th Iowa)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy in case of new vacancies 189 

Hard Times Landing— 

25th Iowa to take post at, and control movement of troops and trains 

to Grand Gulf 136 

Harrow, W., (Brigadier General) — 

To report to Adjutant General for assignment 339 

Hay— 

Prohibits exportation of, raised in Tennessee 266 

Hazen, W. B., (Brigadier General) — 

Transferred to Army of the Tennessee 278 



INDEX. XLIX 

Headquarters — Page. 

General and business, of Div. of Miss, transferred to Savannah 329 

Alexandria.... 308 
Health Officer— 

Surgeon Morgan of 29th Missouri announced as, of Savannah 337 

Helena, Ark.— 

General Hovey's Brigade to embark for 52 

Troops at, assigned to Right Wing Army of Tennessee to form 

'•reserve" 82 

Designated as first rendezvous of transports of Right Wing Army of 

Tennessee 86 

Officers and soldiers' wives not allowed to pas? below 87 

1st and 3d Divisions of Right Wing to proceed down the river below.. 88 

HiAWASSEE— 

Colonel Long's Brigade of Cavalry to take post on the, and subsist on 

resources of the countr}'^ 212 

Hicks, S. G., (Colonel)— 

To command 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Tennessee 12 

HiLDEBRAND, J., (Colonel)— 

To command 3d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Tennessee 12 

Hill, J. C, (Lieutenant)— 

Announced as Aide-de-Camp llfi 

Hilton Head, S. C. — 

Surgeon Reilly to visit hospitals at, and ascertain number of men of 

the army in the field fit for duty 353 

Hitchcock, H., (Major, A. A. G.) — 

Announced on personal Staff. 311 

Detailed as bearer of dispatches 363 

Hodge, J., (Captain A. Q. M.)— 

To report to Chief Quartermaster Department of North Carolina 350 

HoGAN, J. H., (Captain, 1st Alabama Cavaliy)— 

Announced as Ordnance officer in charge of general field depot 278 

Homesteads — 

Announces certain lands in Florida and South Carolina set apart for 

settlement of negroes and publishes rules to govern 337-339 

Hooker, J., (Major General) — 

To command 20th Army Corps 232 

Horses — 

Respecting disposition of, taken without authority 49 

Citizens offering, for hire within military lines without written au- 
thority liable to confiscation of property 156 

A Board of Officers to determine rights to, claimed as private 17C 

(See Grazing;) no forage to be issued at the front except to good Cav- 
alry or Artillery 259 

Of citizens of Atlanta wishing to go south to be taken for benefit of 
the Government 292 

Armies in the field to freely appropriate 316 

Ridden by unauthorized persons to be seized for use of Cavalry... 321, 322 

Respecting disposition of, rendered surplus by army operations 324 



L INDEX. 

Hospitals — Page. 

Inspection to be made of, in 15th Corps and at Miliiken's Bend and 

Young's Point 153 

To be established in luka 199 

Field, to be covered by shape of ground rather than by distance 251 

Surgeon Reilly to visit, at Hilton Head and Savannah to ascertain 

what number of men of the army in the field are fit for duty 353 

Surgeon Buck to visit, at Wilmington to ascertain condition of 

patients belonging to the armies in the field 359 

Hospital Tents — 

Respecting distribution of 84 

Houses — 

All, inside of new Fort Pickering to be vacated; (See Board of 

Officers) 52,53 

Absolute possession of all sheds and, at Milliken's Bend to be taken 

for storage 99 

A Board of Officers to appraise gold value of, in Natchez which it 

may be necessary to destroy 227 

Regulations to govern disposition of, in City of Atlanta 288,289 

Destruction of, can only be ordered by Corps Commanders 316 

Abandoned or 'confiscable, not needed for military purposes to be 

turned over to Treasury agents 324 

No rent to be paid for, in Savannah occupied by the military 325 

HovEY, C. E., (Brigadier General) — 

With all the Infantry of his command to embark for Helena 52 

To command 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Missis- 
sippi 102 

Howard, O. H., (Captain)— 

Announced as Chief Signal Officer, Army of the Tennessee 203 

Howard, O. O., (Major General)— 

To command 4th Army Corps 233 

right wing of army in the field 315 

Army of the Tennessee 353 

HuRLBUT, S. A., (Major General) — 

To exercise command over all troops from Cairo to Natchez 230 

Idlers — 

All, white and black, to be sent back to Grand Gulf 138 

Illinois Volunteers — 

19th, to remain at Lebanon Junction for protection of certain bridges 3 

move to Elizabethtown 8 

40th, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee... 12 

55th, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 12 

1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee... 29 

40th, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 30 

4th Cavalry, to make a circuit and reach Pocahontas by night 39 

Two companies of 4th Cavalry, to move to Moscow 41 

4th Cavalry, attached to 1st Brigade, Memphis troops, for picket duty.. 57 

113th and 120th, attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis 71 



INDEX. LI 

Illinois Volunteers— Co?i<m?/e<i. Page. 

40th, attached to 2d Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

55th, 116th, and 127th, attached to 4th Brigade, District of Memphis.. 72 

93d, attached to 5th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

6th Cavalry, to march to College Hill 78 

13th, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the 

Mississippi 102 

3d Cavalry, attached to 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Missis- 
sippi 102 

113th and 116th, attached to 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army 

of the Mississippi 103 

55th and 127th, attached to 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army 

of the Mississippi 103 

Four companies of 1st Artillery, attached to 2d Division, 2d ("orps. 

Army of the Mississippi 103 

13th, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps 121 

One company 3d Cavalry, and Kane County Cavalry, attached to 3d 

Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 122 

113th and llGth, attached to 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 123 

55th and 127th, attached to 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 123 

Three companies Of 1st Light Artillery, and two of Thieleman's Cav- 
alry, attached to 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 123 

114th, attached to 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps 124 

47th, and one company of 1st Light Artillery, attached to 2d Brigade, 

3d Division, 15th Corps 124,125 

127th, to take post where Vieksburgand Haines' Bluff crosses Chick- 
asaw Creek 149 

127th, to guard Yazoo City road at Chickasaw Creek and bridges 
across bayou; 114th, to guard road at picket station near Temple- 
ton 152 

127th, to rejoin its brigade at the front; battalion of 113th, to take 

post near Mrs. Lake and guard bridges across Chickasaw bayou 155 

48th, assigned to 3d Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Corps 191 

111th, to be ordered to Florence, Tenn 202 

assigned to 15th Army Corps 207 

10th, transferred to Army of the Tennessee 277 

Indiana Volunteers — 

10th, responsible for safety of railroad bridges near Bardstown 

Junction 3 

37th, to march to mouth of Salt River 8 

A squadron of the 8th Cavalry, to move to mouth of Salt River 10 

10th, to take post at or near Shepardsville, (countermanded p. 11) 10 

37th, to move to Elizabethtown 10 

10th, to move to New Haven 11 

83d, assigned to 4th Brigade, District of Vieksburg 72 

93d, assigned to 5th Brigade, District of Vieksburg 72 

83d, assigned to 2d Brig., 2d Div., 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi 103 

15th Corps 123 

93d, attached to 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps 124 



LII INDEX. 

Lnfantrt, U. S.— Page. 
Battalion of, attached to 2d Division, Right Wing, Army of the Ten- 
nessee 81 

13th, attached to 2d Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, 

Array of the Mississippi 103 

1st Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps.. 122,216 

to take charge of ten pontoons 21.5 

Inspection — 

To be made of regiments and boats to discover property obtained by 

pillage, &c 105 

hospitals in 15th Corps and at Milliken's Bend and 

Young's Point 153 

Inspector General — 

Captain J. C. McCoy announced as Acting Assistant, of 15th Corps 1.39 

C. Evving announced as Acting, of 15th Corps 150 

Announces officers detailed as Acting, of armies in the field 239 

Brigadier General J. M. Corse relieved from duty as Acting 272 

Lieutenant Colonel W. Warner relieved as Acting, of Division of 

the Mississippi 305 

Brigadier General Z. Tower announced as, of fortifications in Divi- 
sion of the Mississippi 310 

Inspectors, (See Medical Inspectors) — 

Major W. R. Chambliss announced as, of Cavalry for Division of the 

Mississippi 309 

Brigadier General Saxton announced as, of settlements and planta- 
tions 338,3.39 

Intercourse — 

Rules and principles to govern commerce and, with people of the 

South 335, 336 

Insthuctions, (See Guards, Firing)— 

Relative to duties of Brigade Surgeons 5 

troops in case of alarm or attack 21 

marches, hnlts, camp grounds, &c 34-37 

To govern at or near Memphis respecting employment of slaves, &c 59, 60 

trade with States in insurrection 281-283 

intercourse and commerce with people of the South 335,336 

Insurrection — 

Instructions under law of July 2, 1864, relative to trade with States 

or parts of States in 281-283 

Interments — 

Respecting, of soldiers and employes at and above Fort Pickering... 67 

enemy's dead; reports to be made 106 

In the levees to be discontinued 128 

Investment — 

Instructions respecting, of Vicksburg 147,155 

Iowa Volunteers — 

6th, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 16 

2d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 30 



INDEX. LlII 

Iowa Volunteers — Continued. Page. 

6th, attached to 2d Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

25th and 31st, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of 

Mississippi 1^2 

4th, 9th, 26th, 30th, and 3'tth, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d 

Corps, Army of the Mississippi 102 

1st Batterv, attached to 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Missis- 



sippi. 



102 



25th and 31st, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 15 th Corps 121 

4th, 9th, 26th, and 30th, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 15th 

Corps 122 

30th, relieved from duty at Bigg's plantation 128 

1st Battery, attached to 1st Division, loth Corps 122,140 

4th Cavalry, to push forward to Grand Gulf 135 

25th, to take post at Hard Times Landing and control movements of 

troops and trains to Grand Gulf 135 

Squadron of 4th Cavalry, to guard crossing at Hall's Ferry 140 

4th Cavalry, to lead the advance 141 

camp near Marshall's place on Benton road 150 

move to a point near Wixon's on Clear. Creek 154 

take post on Bear Creek at crossing of Bird-Song 

road ., 157 

6th, attached to 2d Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Corps 191 

5th, transferred to Department of the Cumberland 264 

Islands, (See Charleston Islands.) 
Issues, (See Supplies.) 
Iuka, Miss.— 

Commander of 4th Division, loth Corps, to assume command in and 
near, and establish hospitals; citizens as a general policy should 

go and stay away 198) 199 

General Fuller's Brigade, 16th Corps, to take post at 203 

Jackson, Miss.— 

1st and 3d Divisions, 15th Corps, to march on road to 141 ,142 

2d Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps, to garrison 142 

Movements of expedition against • 162-165 

Disposition of troops, the enemy having taken post in 166 

Copies of maps, &c., of vicinity of, to be sent to Headquarters 167 

A general cannonading to be opened on 167 

Regulates Artillery fire against 168, 169 

Disposition of troops on evacuation of, {See Railro.ads) 170, 171 

One Division of 15th Corps to occupy 171 

Announces success of expedition against, &c 172, 173 

Jackson, N. J., (Brigadier General- 
Assigned to 20th Army Corps 317 

James, F. J., (2d Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Cavalry)— 

Announced as Ordnance officer of 15th Corps 196 

Jeffersonville, Ind.— 

All arms in possession of collector of, to be seized ^ 



LIV INDEX. 

Jenney, W. L. B., (Captain of Engineers)— Page. 

Attached to Staff of Commanding General Right Wing Army of the 

Tennessee 83 

Johnson, A. K., (Colonel 2Sth Illinois)— 

Announced as Aide-de-Camp 116 

Johnson, R. W., (Brigadier General)— 

Announced as Chief of Cavalry of Division of the Mississippi 281 

Relieved 307 

To report to Commander of Army of the Cumberland 309 

Johnston, J. E., (General, C. S. A.) — 

Announces success near Bentonville over forces under 348 

truce with army under 363 

termination of truce with 365 

the war as to armies under 365, 366 

JONESBORO', TeNN. — 

General Hurlbut to send an expedition towards 40 

Sick, empty wagons, and prisoners of war to be sent to 285 

Julian's Gap — 

Two Divisions of 15th. Corps to march by road through, to Chatta- 
nooga 213 

Judge Advocate — 

Captain H. S. Fitch announced as, of 15th Corps ■ 196 

Kenesaw Mountain — 

Armies in the field to prepare for battle at or near 254 

Movements against enemy on 257, 258 

Troops to make full reconnoissances and prepare to attack enemy at 260 

Object of operations to force abandonment of 262, 263 

Brigade at Alatoona Pass to occupy; the, embraced in District of the 

Etowah 263 

Kentucky Volunteers — 

15th, to take post at New Haven for protection of bridge over Rolling 

Fork 3 

Respecting consolidation of 7 

Detachment of 6th, to move to camp on Nolin Creek 8 

Captain Lee's company of 6th, to join regimental camp at Eminence, 

Kentucky 9 

Captain Stone's Batter}', attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army 

of the Tennessee 16 

Respecting muster out of certain 327, 351 

Kilpatrick, J., (Brevet Major General) — 

To command Cavalry of armies in the field 353 

Kingston, Ga. — 

Commander at, to leave a small garrison and collecting all other 

troops push forward to Knoxville 211 

Army of Tennessee to be grouped at and around 245, 246 

City of, to be garrisoned by about 1,000 men 247 

General J. E. Smith's Division to be posted at, and along railroad 259 

Kittoe, E. D., (Surgeon)— 

Announced as Medical Inspector of Division of Mississippi 240 



INDEX. LY 

Kmpe, J. K., (Brigadier General) — Page. 

Transferred to the Army of the Tennessee 293 

Knoxville, Tenn. — 

Troops at Kingston, except a small garrison, to push forward to 211 

4th Army Corps to march to 211 

Address to Army of the Tennessee on part taken in siege of 213. 214 

Landing — 

Instructions respecting, of troops 15 

Lands — 

Abandoned or confiscable, not needed for military purposes to be 
turned over to Treasury agents 324 

Certain, set apart for settlement of Africans, (See Negroes) 337-339 

Larkinville, Ala.— 

Certain troops of the Army of the Tennessee to concentrate at 215 

Larned, C. T., (Colonel)— 

Announced as Chief Paymaster Department of the Cumberland 4 

Lauman, , (Brigadier General) — 

To command 6th Brigade, District of Memphis 73 

Laundresses— 

Not allowed to pass below Helena 87 

Leave of Absence, (See Absentees) — 

In time of war, only granted by commanders of armies or depart- 
ments 238 

Lebanon Junction, Ky. — 

19th Illinois Volunteers to remain at, for protection of certain bridges 3 

2d Minnesota Volunteers to march to 8 

Lee, R. E., (General C. S. A.)— 

Announces surrender of, at Appomattox Court House 361 

Leggett, M. D., (Brevet Major General) — 

Ordered to his home on sick leave 342 

Levees— 

Assigned the several Divisions of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 
in case of embarkation 82 

Movements in conttnmplation of overflow of the 112-115 

Interments in the, to be discontinued 128 

Levies — 

OflBcers to report forced, made by them 204 

Lincoln, A., (President of the United States)— 

Announces assassination of 362,303 

Lines, (Military)— 

No citizen allowed to come within 18 

Livery Stables — 

Citizens, &c., setting up, without written authority liable to confisca- 
tion of property 156 

Lloyd, F., (Surgeon)— 

Relieved as Surgeon-in-Chief of 3d Division, 14th Corps, and ordered 

to report to Chief Medical Director of armies in the field 329 

Logan, J. A., (Major General)— 

To command 15th Armj' Corps 211 



LVI INDEX. 

London, D. W. C, (Colonel)— Page. 

To command 5th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

LoNERGAN, T. E., (Sergeant Major 90th Illinois)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military- 
Academy in case of new vacancies 188 

Loudon, Tenn, — 

11th and 15th Corps and General Davis' Division to march on 210 

LOOISIANA — 

Publishes Resolutions of Legislature of, on fall of Charleston 358 

Louisville, Ky. — 

All arms in possession of Custom House officers in, to be seized 7 

Commander at, to aid rebel deserters and relugees in obtaining em- 
ployment 278 

An officer of 3d Kentucky Volunteers to proceed to, with officers 

and men of Kentucky troops entitled to muster-out 327 

Louisville and Nashville Railroad — 

Mr. J. B. Anderson announced as superintendent of transportation 

on the 9 

McArthur, J., (Brigadier General) — 

To command district embracing Kenesaw, Marietta, Roswell, &c.; to 
guard railroad from Big Shanty to Chattahoochee and establish 

camps of rendezvous for recruits, sick, &c 276, 277 

McClernand, J. A., (Major General) — 

Division of, to move to Bolivar 47 

McCooK, A. McD., (Brigadier General)— 

To command camp at Nolin Creek 3 

McCoy, J. C, (Captain, A. D, C.)— 

Announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General of 15th Corps 139 

Relieved 150 

McDaniel's Gap— 

11th Corps to march by road through, to Chattanooga 213 

McDowell, J. A., (Colonel)— 

To command 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 16 

2d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 30 

District of Memphis 71 

McFeely, R., (Lieutenant Colonel)— 

Announced as Commissary of Subsistence of 15th Corps 117 

McPherson, J. B., (Major General) — 

Lieutenant Chadsey to proceed to Vieksburg as bearer of dispatches 

to..... 230 

Machine Shops— 

All, in Columbia, S. C, to be destroyed 343 

Macon Railroad — 

Movements of armies in the field against the 279,280 

Malmborg, O., (Lieutenant Colonel)— 

To command 4th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

Mails — 

For 16th and 17th Corps to be collected and carried to Canton 226 

Respecting, for the armies in the field 283,352 



INDEX. T.TII 

Manter, H. F., (Colonel)— Page. 

'J'o command 1st Brigade of 1st Division of 15th Corps 121 

Maps — 

Copies of, of vicinity of Jackson to be sent to Headquarters 167 

Marches — 

Instructions relative to, halts, &c 34-37 

Marietta, Ga. — 

Designated as "objective" of armies in the field 247 

To be a grand depot; armies in the field to have one regiment at, for 
fatigue duty to unload cars 264 

Marine Brigade — 

The Mississippi, to protect planting interest on Mississippi River 225 

Meagher, T. F., (Brigadier General- 
Assigned to Department of the Cumberland 318^ 

Medical Director— 

Surgeon J. Moore announced as Chief, of armies in the field 319 

Goodman announced as, of Army of Georgia 354 

Medical Inspector — 

Surgeon E. D. Kittoe announced as, of armies in the field 240 

Memphis, Tenn. — 

{See Enlisted Men, Negroes).. 50 

General Sherman assumes command in, and vicinity 52 

Chief Quartermaster to take possession of all vacant storehouses or 

buildings in, and rent same to loyal tenants 53 

Respecting travel into and out of. 55 

Distribution of troops in and near 56 

Instructions to govern at or near, respecting employment of slaves 

or fugitives 60 

Appoints a Provost Marshal for, and defines his duties 63 

Troops at, to be mustered for payment 65, 70 

Regulations for better administration of government in Division of.. 68, 69 

2d and 4th Divisions of 15th Corps to be held ready to march to 192 

Respecting organization of citizens of, into a Home Brigade 217 

Memphis and Charleston Railroad — 

To be broken up 219 

Meridian, Miss. — 

Army in the field to march on 220, 221 

Instructions for thorough destruction of railroads intersecting at 221 

Congratulatory orders on success of operations closing with posses- 
sion of 222 

Messenger's Bridge — 

Chief Quartermaster to proceed to, on Big Black and prepare for 

crossing of 15th Corps to west bank 175 

Messenger's Ford — 

Orders for movement of loth Corps to, when Vicksburg surrenders.. 161, 162 

Cavalry Brigade to take post at 192 

Michigan Volunteers — 

9th, to march to mouth of Salt River 8 



LVIII INDEX. 

MicHLER, N., (Captain, Engineers) — Page. 

To superintend erection of field works at mouth of Salt River 9 

Military Academy — 

Division Commanders to make selection of candidates for cadetships 

at the 182 

Announces successful candidates for cadetship at the 188,189 

Military Conductors — 

Assistant Provost Marshal General of Division of the Mississippi to 

control all, on U. S. railroads 261 

Captain Bucke, 52d Ohio, relieved as 279 

Riee,40th Ohio, detailed as 284 

MiLLEN, Ga. — 

Cavalry of armies in the field to use utmost efforts to release prison- 
ers of war confined near 319 

Milliken's Bend, La. — 

Designated as 3d rendezvous of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee.. 86 

Troops of Right Wing Army of the Tennesse to disembark at 88, 89 

Every house and shed at, to be taken by Quartermaster's Department 

for storage 99 

Revokes order for disembarkation at 100 

2d Division of 15th Corps to march to 133 

Mills, (^e Saw Mills)— 

Destruction of, can only be ordered by Corps Commanders 316 

All, in Fayetteville, save one watermill, to be destroyed 3-15 

Minnesota Volunteers — 

2d, to march to Lebanon Junction 8 

5th, attached to 2d Brigade, 3d Division of 15th Corps 125 

Missionary Ridge — 

15th Corps to take possession and hold part of. 208,209 

Movement on, suspended for twenty-four hours 210 

Mississippi Central Railroad — 

Sections of the, to be destroyed 224, 225 

Mississippi River — 

Mississippi Marine Brigade to protect planting interest on the 225 

Respecting claims of loyal citizens on the, for property taken or 
destroyed 229 

Mississippi Springs — 

1st and 3d Divisions of 15th Corps to march by, to Bolton 143 

Clinton road instead 
of by 144 

Missouri Volunteers — 

8th, attached to 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 29 

6th, attached to 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 31 

6th and 8th, attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

29th, 30th, 31st, and 32d, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, 

Army of the Mississippi 102 

3d, 12th, and 17th, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, 
Army of the Mississippi 102 



INDEX. LIX 

Missouri Volunteers — Continued. Page. 

6th and 8th, attached to 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army of 

the Mississippi A. 102,103 

1st Horse Artillery, attached to 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the 

Mississippi 102 

27th, 29th, :^Oth, 31st, and 32d, attached to 1st Brig., 1st Div. of loth Corps 121 
3d, 12th, and 17th, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division of 15th Corps.. 121 
1st Horse Artillery, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division of 15th Corps 122 

6th and 8th, attached to 1st Brigade, 2d Division of 15th Corps 122 

"G," 10th Cavalry, attached to 3d Brigade, 2d Division of 15th Corps.. 124 

5th and 11th, attached to 2d Brigade, 3d Division of 15th Corps 124, 125 

1st Engineers and Mechanics, transferred to Army of the Tennessee 275 
Mobile and Ohio R.\ilroad— 

One Division of 17th Corps to move on, destroying bridges, &c., and 

other property, including private saw mills 222 

Monterey, Tenn. — 

Indicated as "Key Point" of grounds occupied by 5th Division, 

Army of the Tennessee 28 

Moore, J., (Surgeon)— 

Announced as Chief Medical Director of armies in the field 319 

Moore, J. D., (Sergeant Major 53d Ohio)— 

Recommended for immediate appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy 188 

MoRDECAi, A., (Captain, Ordnance) — 

Announced as Supervising Ordnance Officer for Army of the Cum- 
berland 313,314 

Morgan, G. W., (Brigadier General) — 

To command 3d Division of Right Wing. Army of the Tennessee 82 

MoRG.iN, J. C, (Surgeon, 29th Missouri)— 

Announced as Health Officer for City of Savannah 337 

Moscow, Tenn. — 

3d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to march on State 
line to, and examine state of damages on the Memphis and Charles- 
ton railroad 41 

Two companies of 4th Illinois Cavalry to march to 41 

One regiment of 3d Brigade to be left to guard bridge at 44 

."■'th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to march to 44 

Mower, J. A., (Colonel)— 

To command 2d Brigade, 3d Division of 15th Corps 124 

Major General, assigned to Army of Tennessee 307 

to command 20th Army Corps 354 

Muddy River— 

Respecting repair of bridge across the .39 

Mules — 

Belonging to citizens of Atlanta going south to be taken for beneiit 

of the Government 292 

Murder — 

Respecting punishment for, pillage, &c 182-188 

of loyal citizens of Georgia 334 



LX INDEX. 

Muskets, {See Guns) — Pago. 

Firiag of, to be prevented ; regulates discharge of, of guards 18 

To be fired low when smoke hangs or bushes intervene 24 

Unauthorized firing of, to be punished as a false alarm 80 

Firing of, forbidden ; offenders to be punished 140 

Mustering Officer — 

Announces, to muster out Battalion Adjutants and Quartermasters 

not company officers and all Volunteer Bands 64 

Muster Out — 

Respecting, of Battalion Adjutants and Quartermasters and Volun- 
teer Bands 64 

Respecting, Kentucky Volunteers entitled to 327, 351 

All officers entitled to, to be discharged at once, except one field 

ofificer for each regiment and one officer for each company 329 

Nashville, Tenn. — 

An Ordnance Depot to be established at, for part of army east of 

Tennessee River 216 

Rules to enable railroads running from, to more fully supply armies 

in the field 233-235 

No subsistence stores to be sold citizens at posts south of 237 

One or more Camps of Instruction to be established near 237, 238 

No cotton to come by railroad from country south of 258 

Ordnance Depot at, designated as a general depot of supply for 

armies in the field 298 

General and business Headquarters transferred from, to Savannah 329 
Nashville Railroad, {See Louisville and Nashville Railroad.) 
Natchez, Miss.— 

Intrenchments at, to be known as Fort McPherson, {See Board of 

Officers) 227 

A good garrison for, to be organized 230 

Neglet, J. S., (Brigadier General) — 

To proceed with his command to camp on Nolin Creek 8 

Negroes— 

Respecting duties of oflQcers and soldiers towards 42 

All, not officers' servants to be registered and put to work on Mem- 
phis fortifications 50 

Respecting subsistence of, employed on public works, &c 54 

Instructions to govern at or near Memphis in receiving or employ- 
ing, slaves or fugitives from slavery; fugitive, not to be employed 

as officers' servants 59, 60 

In Division of Memphis subject to State laws, &c., applicable to free 
negroes; assemblages of, allowed only after permission obtained... 70 

Idlers and women to be sent back 138 

All unemploj'ed, to be sent to Department Headquarters 149 

Forbids enlistment of, usefully employed by any of the StaflF Depart- 
ment 251 

Able-bodied, may be taken with the columns and organized into 
pioneer battalions 317 



INDEX. LXI 

Negroes — Continued. Page. 
Rendered surplus by late operations to be sent to Chief Quarter- 
master 324 

Recruiting agents forbidden to recruit, for military service 326 

Announces lands set apart for settlement of, and rules to govern in 
obtaining homesteads ; able-bodied, must be encouraged to enlist 337-339 

All, now with the troops to be sent to Wilmington 345 

Details an officer to conduct to Wilmington all, now with the army... 346 

Nevada— 

Resolutions of Legislature of, on capture of Savannah 369 

New Albany, Ind. — 

All arms in possession of collector of, to be seized 7 

Newbern, N. C. — 

Army Commanders to open an office at. to facilitate refitting and re- 
organization of the troops 350 

New Haven, Ky. — 

15th Kentucky Volunteers to take post at, for protection of bridge 

over Rolling Fork 3 

10th Indiana Volunteers to march to 11 

Newspapers, (See Mails) — 

And letters for IGth and 17th Corps to be collected and sent to Canton 226 
Only two, allowed to be published in Savannah; to be held to a strict 
accountability 329 

Newton, J., (Brigadier General)— 

To command District of West Florida .' 294 

New York — 

Resolutions of "Legislature of, on capture of Savannah .369,370 

New York Volunteers — 

17th, transferred to Army of the Cumberland 277 

23d Battery, transferred to 3d Division of Cavalry Corps 354 

Nolin Creek, Ky. — 

Brigadier General McCook to command camp at 3 

Captain Cotter's Battery Kentucky Volunteers to proceed to camp at 3 

200,000 rations to be sent to 4 

General Negley's Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves to proceed to 

camp on 8 

Detachment of 0th Kentucky Volunteers to proceed to 8 

Oak Ridge P. 0., Ala. — 

Colonel Sanford's Brigade of 4th Division. 15th Corps, to proceed to.. 181 

Officers — 

Absent without leave to be reported deserters 31 

Rules governing passes to .53 

Required to study and no longer plead ignorance 58 

Prohibited from employing fugitive slaves as servants 6o 

Respecting, reported absent without leave 61,62 

Passes to, limited to daytime 63,64 

Names of all, absent for more than sixty days to be reported 65 

Wives of, not allowed to pass below Helena 87 



LXII INDEX. 

Officers — Continued. Page. 

Not with their command and not disabled to be arrested as deserters 

and confined on bread and water 106 

{See Muster out) 329 

Ohio Railroad, (See Mobile and Ohio Railroad.) 
Ohio Volunteers — 

Captain Cotter's Battery, to proceed to camp on Nolin Creek 3 

1st and 18th, to march to mouth of Salt River 10 

Elizabethtown 10 

46th, attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee.... 12 
54th and 71st, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ten- 
nessee 12 

53d, 57th, and 77th, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the 

Tennessee 12 

48th, 70th, and 72d, attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of 

the Tennessee 12 

5th Cavalry, not to be brigaded 12 

Six companies of 5th Cavalry, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 

Army of the Tennessee 16 

20th, to disembark and encamp on ridge south of the landing 18 

54th and 57th, attached to 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the 

Tennessee 29 

46th and 77th, attached to 2d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the 

Tennessee 30 

48th, 53d, 70th, and 72d, attached to 3d Brigade, 5th Division, Army of 

the Tennessee 30 

54th, attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

46th, attached to 2d Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

48th, 53d, and 70th, attached to 3d Brigade, District of Memphis 71 

.57th, attached to 4th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

72d, attached to 5th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

58th, attached to 1st Brig., 1st Div., 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi 102 

76th, attached to 2d Brig., 1st Div., 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi 102 
54th and 57th, attached to 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army of 

the Mississippi 103 

4th Battery, attached to Artillery of 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of 

the Mississippi 102 

8th Battery, attached to Artillery of 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army of 

the Mississippi.. 103 

58th, detailed for service on gunboats 113 

76th, attached to 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps 121 

4th Battery, attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps 122 

54th and 55th, attached to 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 12^ 

30th, 37th, and 47th, attached to 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps... 123 

72d and 95th, attached to 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps 124 

Section of 8th Battery, attached to 3d Brigade, 2d Div., 15th Corps 123 

8th Battery, transferred to 3d Division, 15th Corps 194 

5th, temporarily attached to Colonel Long's Cavalry Brigade; to 

rejoin 15th Corps on being relieved 212 



INDEX. LXIII 

Ohio Volunteeks— Coniinwed Page. 

45th, transferred to Army of the Cumberland 259 

99th, transferred to Army of the Ohio 259 

9th Cavalry, transferred to Army of the Ohio . 278 

Orders, {See Congratulatory Orders, Commendatory Orders) — 

Announces mode of distribution of, from Headquarters 15 

For transfer of troops to embrace transportation 235 

Of the President of the United States on capture of Atlanta 286, 287 

Ordnance Department — 

Officers on duty in the, to furnish reports, &c., required by Chief of 

Cavalry 294 

Ordnance Depots— 

At Corinth discontinued 205 

An, to be established at Nashville for part of army east of Tennessee 

River 216 

Captain Hogan to take charge of general field; present field, discon- 
tinued 278 

At Nashville and Chattanooga designated as general depots of supply 

for armies in the field 298 

Ordnance Officer— 

2d Lieutenant F. J. James announced as, of 15th Army Corps 196 

Capt. Buel announced as Chief, of Dept. and Army of the Tennessee ... 220 

Captain Baylor announced as Chief, of armies in the field 277 

Mordecai announced as supervising, of Army of the Cum- 
berland 313, 314 

1st Lieutenant Reilley announced as Chief, of Army of Ohio 314 

Captain Buel to supervise Ordnance Department of armies in the 

field during absence of Chief 352 

Osterhaus, p. J., (Brigadier General)— 

To command 1st Division, loth Corps 197 

Outrages — 

Punishments for, on loyal people of Georgia 334 

Paducah, Ky.— 

Post of, to be commanded by Colonel Hicks, 40th Illinois 202, 203 

Parol, {See Prisoners of War.) 
Parrott Guns — 

Section of 20-pounder, attached to 2d Division, Right Wing Army of 

the Tennessee „ 81 

Passes — 

Respecting, to officers and men 53 

Limited to daytime 63, 64 

Not required within city limits of Savannah 327 

line of outer pickets of post of Savannah 328 

Patrols — 

To fire on offenders trying to escape arrest 47 

Sent out may fire on stragglers one mile from camp 80 

Payment— 

Of regimental officers of Volunteers to be made on regimental rolls 
and at same time as payment of the regiment 5 



LXIV INDEX. 

Payment — Continued. Page. 

Instructions respecting, of troops 45 

Troops at Memphis to be mustered for 65,70 

Forbids, for supplies, &c., taken from disloyal citizens 215 

Pearl River Bridge — 

When no longer useful to be totally destroyed 224 

Pennsylvania Volunteers— 

General Negley's Brigade of, to proceed to camp on Nolin Creek 8 

13th, transferred to 3d Division of Cavalry Corps 353 

Perkins' Plantation, Miss. — 

15th Corps to move to, below Carthage 133 

Pickets— 

Respecting detail of, guards, &c 30,31 

Modification of instructions respecting, of 15th Corps 127,128 

To be posted at Marshall's on Benton road and where the Vicksburg 

and Haines' Bluff road crosses Chickasaw Creek 148,149 

Composition and duties of, on Benton road ; commander of, to cause 

destruction of bridges across Clear Creek to the right 149 

4th Iowa Cavalry to establish, at a point near Wixon's, on Clear 

Creek 154 

At Templeton's to be relieved by a detail from General Parke's com- 
mand 157 

One regiment of 2d Division, 15th Corps, to do duty as, between 

Mrs. Brooks' house and Amsterdam farm 189 

Pillage — 

Acts of, to be punished 15 

Views of Commanding General respecting 20 

Must be stopped 46, 47 

Regiments and boats to be inspected to discover property obtained 

by; offenders to be ironed 105 

Private, must cease 163 

Respecting punishment for 182-188 

Pilots— 

Of transports subject only to orders of commanding officer of troops.. 85 
Pioneers— 

Able-bodied negroes taken with marching columns to be organized 

into battalions of, one for each corps 317 

Pistols, {See Muskets.) 
Pittsburg, Pa. — 

Transportation to, may be furnished refugees, &c 321 

Pittsburg Landing— 

Private and regimental baggage to be sent to 40 

Plantations— 

Mississippi Marine Brigade to protect planting interest on river 225 

General Saxton announced as Superintendent of Settlements and.. 338, 339 
Plunder, {See Pillage)— 

Indiscriminate, to be stopped; rules for obtaining forage and stores.. 79, 80 



INDEX. LXV 

PocoTALiGO, Ga.— Page. 

An intrenched camp to be established at or near 340 

Police — 

Regulates composition and duties of, of City of Memphis 68,69 

' ' Policy of the War " — 

Troops of 15th Corps to assemble to listen to General Thomas' address 
on the 129 

Pontoon Train— 

One, fully equipped, to be assigned each wing of army in the field... 317 

Pontoons — 

Designates commands to take charge of certain 215 

Port Royal Island— 

17th Army Corps to move to 331 

Post of Arkansas — 

Fortifications of, to be levelled .%.... 107 

Posts — 

No subsistence stores to be sold citizens at, south of Nashville 237 

Handsome defense of Alatoona illustrates principle that fortified, 

should be defended to the last 296,297 

Commanders of, in Division of Mississippi to render to Treasury 
agents all assistance not incompatible with military operations 324 

President of the United States — 

Publishes orders of the, on capture of Atlanta 286, 287 

Announces assassination of the 362,363 

Prince, H., (Brigadier General- 
Transferred to Army of the Cumberland 293 

Assigned to Department of the South 342 

To report to Adjutant General of the Army 368 

Prisoners of War — 

Commanders of detachments of Cavalrj'' and Artillery to prepare 

lists of men taken, and paroled 58 

Of the 9th, 13th, and loth Corps to be sent to Vicksburg 168 

All, in Department of Tennessee to be sent to Cairo 207 

To be sent to Resacca 244 

Jonesboro' 285 

Cavalry force to use all efforts to rescue, confined near Millen 319 

Produce — 

Forbids exportation from Tennessee of any agricultui-al, of kind 
required by the troops 270 

Property— 

Commanders of troops in the field to protect, of inhabitants 2 

Private, should be respected 21,37 

Receipts to be given for private, taken 37 

Respecting disposition of, in camps and taken without authority 49 

seizures of private, and duties of Post Quartermasters 

relating to same, (See Requisitions) 65, 66 

Captured, not needed to be fired 143 

Cotton or other public, in Jackson to be destroyed 173 

A Board of Officers to determine rights to, claimed private 176 



LXVI INDEX. 

Property — Continued. Page. 

Respecting rules of war governing private 182-188 

A Board of Officers to adjudicate claims of loyal citizens on Missis- 
sippi River for, destroyed 229 

Respecting disposition of, in City of Atlanta 288,289 

Citizens of Atlanta, electing to go south, may sell private, except 

cotton, tobacco, horses, &c 292 

Abandoned or confiscable, not needed for military purposes to be 

turned over to Treasury agents 324 

Provost Marshal's Department in Savannah has nothing to do with... 327 
Provost Guard — 

Declared on "guard duty" and subject to conditions of 45th Article 

of War 64 

Composition of, for City of Memphis 68 

Provost Marshals — 

Announces assistant, for City of Memphis, and prescribes their duties 63 
Instructions to, respecting disposition of seized personal property... 65,66 

Designates a, and assistants for City of Memphis 68 

Captain H. S. Fitch announced as, of 15th Army Corps 196 

In Savannah have nothing to do with property 327 

Public Works — 

Respecting subsistence of negroes employed on 54 

Quartermasters — 

Respecting appointment and duties of Brigade 13, 14 

Announces Captain J. C. Smith as Division ; Division, to organize a 

train of seventy-five wagons 34 

Instructions to, on subject of foraging 43 

Battalion, not company officers to be mustered out 64 

Duties of post, respecting seized personal property 65,66 

Chief, of District of Memphis authorized to seize wagons, carriages, 

&c., suitable for transporting stores or sick 74 

Instructions for guidance of Division 76,77 

Captain J. C. Smith announced as Chief, of Right Wing Army of the 

Tennessee 78 

Chief, of 15th Corps to organize a wagon train 194,195 

Lieut. Col. Easton announced as Chief, of army in the field 239, 240,277 

Division of Mississippi... 284 
To continue to furnish needed supplies to certain gunboats trans- 
ferred to the navy v.. 256 

To furnish returns and reports required by Chief of Cavalry 294 

Chief, to transfer grand depot of supplies to Savannah 325 

charged with general responsibility for public property in 

Savannah 326,327 

may give suitable employment to people, white or black, and 

extend temporary relief to needy, worthy persons 328 

to turn over to Treasury agent all captured cotton in Savannah ; 

also custom house, &c 333 

of Department of North Carolina to procure necessary rail- 
road rolling stock 350 



IXDEX. LXVII 

" Queen of the West " — Page. 

Two 30-pounders to be turned over to commander of ram ]14 

Raid — 

A Cavalry, to he made to secure Alatoona Pass and bridge across 
creek 249,250 

Railroads, {See Bkidges)— 

{See Louisville and Nashville Railroad) 9 

(ASee Memphis and Charleston Railroad) 41,219 

{See ViCKSBURG and Shreveport Railroad) 92 

Leading to Jackson to be destroyed 142,143,170,171 

A force to march to Tuseumbia to secure safety of, from destruction.. 198 
Instructions for thorough destruction of, intersecting at Meridian.. 220,221 

{See Mobile and Ohio Railroad) 222 

{See Mississippi Central Railroad) 224,225 

Regulations to enable the military, running from Nashville to more 

fully supply the armies in the field 233-235 

Armies of the Cumberland and Ohio charged with guard of certain.. 242 
Army of the Cumberland charged with guard of all, in the rear; re- 
pairs of, to be pushed forward 244, 245 

No cotton to come by, from country south of Nashville 2.58 

Conductors on all military, to receive instructions from Assistant 

Provost Marshal General 261 

Towards Decatur to be thoroughly destroyed 268 

Respecting safety of, from Big Shanty to Chattahoochee 276 

{See Macon Railroad) 279,280 

Details conductors on U. S 284 

Relieves conductors on U. S 279 

General plan of operations looking to destruction of, designated... 312,313 

And bridges to be thoroughly destroyed 319,320 

Leading out of Savannah to be destroyed 323 

(See South Carolina Railroad) 342,343 

Respecting destruction of, and railroad property 343-345 

Extraordinary efforts to be made to complete, leading into Golds- 

boro' 347 

EflForts night and day to be made to complete the two, from Golds- 

boro'; work of the, limited to army stores 349 

Chief Quartermaster of Department of North Carolina to procure all 
necessary rolling stock 350 

Raleigh, N. C— 

Movements of armies in the field on 360,361 

Ransom, T. E. G., (Brigadier General)— 

Assigned to Army of the Tennessee 275 

Body and effects of the late, to be taken to Chicago 310 

Rase, W, A., (Sergeant, 13th Iowa Veteran Volunteers)— 

Detailed as bearer of dispatches 358 

Rations — 

200,000, to be sent to Nolin, Ky 4 

A depot of at least 50,000, to be established at Elizabethtown 11 

200,000, to be established at West Point 11 



LXVIII INDEX. 

Rations— Continued. Page. 

Half, of forage to be issued 28 

Prescribes, for the troops ; all else to be gathered in the country 246 

Established may be increased when troops are near railroads 256 

Recruiting Agents— 

Forbidden to recruit negroes for military service 326 

Recruiting Officers — 

Forbidden to enlist negroes usefully employed in the Staff Depart- 
ments 251 

Red River — 

A force to be organized for an expedition up the 227,228 

Refugees — 

May be furnished transportation to points not more than 100 miles 

from Cairo 277, 278 

May be furnished water transportation to Pittsburg, Pa 321 

Now with the troops to be sent to Wilmington 345 

Regiments— 

Commanders of, to prepare lists of men captured and paroled 58 

report names of officers absent for more than 
sixty days ; to keep Governors of States advised 

of vacancies occurring 65 

To be provided with five days' rations and 200 rounds per man 74 

Commanders of, to cause Articles of War to be read monthly 80 

To be inspected to discover property obtained by pillage or plunder 105 
To have one sutler each ; commanders of, to have on hand and in 

cartridge boxes 100 rounds per man 125-127 

Reillet, J. W., (Lieutenant, Ordnance) — 

Announced as Chief Ordnance Officer of Army of Ohio 314 

Reilly, F. W., (Surgeon 26th Illinois)— 

To visit hospitals at Savannah and Hilton Head to ascertain what 

men of the army in the field are fit for duty 353 

Reillt, J. P., (Colonel) — 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Reinick, D., (Lieutenant Colonel)— 

Assigns, as Chief Commissary of armies in the field 360 

Rendezvous — 

Right Wing Armj' of Tennessee to, at Helena, Gaines' Landing, and 

at Milliken's Bend in the order named 86 

Rent — 

No, to be paid for buildings in Savannah occupied by the military 325 

Reports — 

Consolidated, of 1st and 3d Divisions of Right Wing Army of Ten- 
nessee to be made to General Grant 81 

Authors of, tending to give information to the enemy liable to treat- 
ment as spies 88 

Officers on duty in Staff Departments to furnish such, as may be 
required Y)y Chief of Cavalry 294 



INDEX. LXIX 

Reports — Continued. Page. 

Attention of Cavalry officers called to importance of prompt rendi- 
tion of, required by Chief of Cavalry; enumerates, required from 
commanders of the Districts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and the 

Etowah 303, 304 

Requisitions— 

For forage to be made ten days in advance 47 

captured property to be approved in regular manner Co, 66 

Resacca, Ga.— 

Movements looking to interposition of armies in the field between, 

and the enemy 241 

Prisoners of war to be sent to 244 

City of, to be strongly held 247 

Depot at, to be discontinued...... 254 

Bridge at, to be removed by rail to Chattanooga and stored for future 

use 313 

Resolutions— 

Of Legislature of Louisiana on fall of Charleston 358 

Nevada on capture of Savannah 369 

New York on capture of Savannah 369,370 

Rhode Island on brilliant victories culminating in 

capture of Atlanta 370 

Returns— 

Officers on duty in the Staff Departments to furnish such, as may be 

required by Chief of Cavalry 294 

Attention of Cavalry officers called to importance of prompt rendi- 
tion of, required by Chief of Cavalry; enumerates, to be furnished 
by commanders of districts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and the 

Etowah 303,304 

Reveille — 

To be sounded at 4 a. m 29 

Review — 

Arrangements for, of late army in the field in City of Washington.. 371-373 
Rhode Island— 

Resolutions of Legislature of, on brilliant victories culminating in 

capture of Atlanta 370 

Rice, H. C, (Captain, 40th Ohio Volunteers)— 

Detailed as Military Conductor on U. S. railroads 284 

Rice Fields — 

Certain abandoned, reserved for settlement of negroes 337 

Richmond, Va.— 

Publishes telegram announcing capture of. 358 

Armies of Georgia and Tennessee to march to 367 

Riots— 

In City of Memphis to be summarily suppressed 63 

Roads — 

All encampments to leave, entirely clear 39 

Leading up or down the Arkansas River to be picketed 108 

Near Young's Point, La., to be put in order 109 



LXX INDEX. 

Roads — Continued. Page. 
2d Brigade, 1st Division of 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi, to con- 
struct, passable for wagons and Artillery 109,110 

All, from direction of Black River to be blockaded 157 

to the rear to be improved and double tracks made 160 

9th, 13th, and 15th Corps to guard, to the rear for at least three miles 168 
Roanoke River — 

Armies in the field to be placed north of the 356,357 

Robbery, (See Pillage) — 

Must be stopped 46 

Rochester, M., (Captain, Assistant Adjutant General)— 

Assigned at Headquarters Division of the Mississippi 232 

to Army of Georgia 360 

Rome, Ga. — 

City of, to be garrisoned 246 

Armies in the field to move on 299 

RuGER, T. H., (Brigadier General)— 

Transferred to Army of the Ohio 314 

Sacks, {See Grain Sacks.) 
Saint John's River, Fla.— 

Country bordering on the, reserved for settlement of negroes 337 

Sale— 

Annuls restriction on, of cotton 61 

Respecting, of cotton 334, 336 

Salute — 

A, of 100 guns to be fired in honor of capture of Richmond 359 

Salt River, Ky.— 

37th Indiana Volunteers and 9th Michigan Volunteers to proceed to 

mouth of 8 

Respecting field works to be erected at mouth of 9 

1st and 18th Ohio Volunteers and Captain Graham's Squadron of 

Indiana Cavalry to proceed to mouth of 10 

Sanger, W. D., (Major, A. D. C.)— 

Announced as mustering officer 64 

Savannah, Ga.— 

Armies in the field to proceed to invest 322 

Railroads leading out of, to be destroj'ed 323 

Chief Quartermaster charged with general responsibility of public 
property in ; Chief Commissary to confer with Mayor of, respecting 

supplying destitute families 326,327 

Instructions for government of military and civil authorities of; 
commerce in, to be resumed, subject to Treasury regulations ; not 

more than two newspapers to be published, {See Citizens) 327-329 

General and business Headquarters of Division of Mississippi trans- 
ferred to 329 

Chief Engineer defenses of, authorized to remove camp and destroy 

buildings; construction of fortifications of, to commence at once.. 330 
Address to the troops reviewing operations resulting in capture of.. 331, 332 



Savannah, Ga. — Continued. Page. 

Captured cotton in, and Custom House building, &c., to be turned 

over to the Treasury agent 333 

Surgeon J. C. Morgan announced as health officer of 337 

Command and charge of City of, transferred to commander Depart- 
ment of the South, who will occupy the city and establish an en- 
trenched camp at or near Pocotaligo 340 

(5'ee Hospitals) 353 

Resolutions of Legislatures of New York and Nevada on cap- 
ture of 369,370 

Saw Mills — 

Private, on Mobile and Ohio Railroad southward to be destroyed 222 

Sawyer, R. M., (Captain, Assistant Adjutant General)— 

Announced as Assistant Adjutant General of 15th Army Corps 125 

Chief of Staff of Department and Army of Tennessee.. 200 

Adjutant General of Division of the Mississippi 231 

Saxton, R,, (Brigadier General) — 

Announced as Superintendent of settlements and plantations 338, 339 

ScHOFiELD, J. M., (Major General)— 

To command 23d Army Corps 233 

Announced as second in command of armies in the field 351 

To command Army of the Ohio 353 

ScHURZ, C, (Major General)— 

To command one of the Camps of Instruction near Nashville 238 

Assigned to Army of Georgia 360 

To report to General commanding armies of the United States 367 

Scouting Duty- 

1st Alabama Cavalry to proceed to Rome for 259 

Sears, C. B., (Corporal, 95th Ohio Volunteers) — 

Recommended for immediate appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy 188 

Secretary of War— 

Telegram of, announcing victory of Army of the Potomac at Spott- 

sylvania Court House 242 

Telegram of, conveying President's approval of operations of the 

armies under General Sherman 246 

Telegram of, announcing success of General Sheridan near Bunker 

Hill 293, 294 

Seizures — 

Respecting, of personal property 65, 06 

Sentinels, {See Guards.) 
Settlements— 

General Saxton announced as Inspector of, and plantations, (See 

Negroes) 338, 339 

Shepardsville, Ky. — 

Colonel Boone's regiment of Kentucky Volunteers charged with 

safety of railroad bridge at 9 

10th Indiana Volunteers to take post at or near, (revoked, See p. 11.).. 10 



LXXII INDEX. 

Sheridan, P. H., (Major General)— Page. 

Telegram of Secretary of War announcing success of, near Bunker 

Hill 293,294 

Shreveport Railroad — 

{See ViCKSBURG and Shreveport Railroad) 92 

Ship's Gap, Ga. — 

Securing, to be primary "objective" of armies in the field 300 

Shops, {See Machine Shops)— 

All, in City of Fayetteville to be destroyed 345 

Sick — 

Not to be sent to the rear as a rule 77 

Respecting disposition of, and convalescents 84 

Of 9th, 13th, and 15th Corps to be sent to Vicksburg. 168 

15th Corps to be sent to Florence, Ala 205 

marching columns to be left at Eastport 206 

armies in the field to be sent to Jonesboro' 285 

Signal Officer- 

Chief, to distribute his officers among the 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps, 

and report himself at Department Headquarters 203 

Signals — 

Prescribes, to be used by transports 87 

Of drums and bugles not allowed 97 

Slaves, (See Negroes.) 

Slocum, H. W., (Major General)— 

To command Post and District of Vicksburg 232,233 

Announces occupation of Atlanta by troops under 284 

With 20th Corps, to hold City of Atlanta and Chattahoochee bridge... 295 

To command left wing of armies in the field 315 

Army of Georgia 353 

Smith, A. J., (Brigadier General)— 

To command 1st Division of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee.... 82 

expedition up Red River 227,228 

Smith, F. K., (Colonel)— 

To command 2d Brigade, 2d Division of 2d Corps, Army of the Mis- 
sissippi 103 

Smith, G. A., (Colonel)— 

To command 1st Brigade, 2d Division of 2d Corps, Army of the Mis- 
sissippi 102 

15th Army Corps 122 

Smith, J. C, (Captain, Assistant Quartermaster) — 

Announced as Chief Quartermaster of 5th Division, Army of the 

Tennessee 33 

Right Wing Army of the 

Tennessee 78 

Smith, J. E., (Brigadier General)— 

To command 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps 125 

3d Division of 15th Corps 197 

report to General of the Armies of the United States 365 



INDEX. LXXIII 

Smith, M. L,, (Brigadier General)— Page. 

To command 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 29 

and 2d Division of District of Memphis.... 71,72 

2d Division, Right Wing Army of the Tennessee ,.. 82 

15th Corps 197 

Smith, T. K., (Colonel)— 

To command 2d Brigade, 2d Division of 15th Corps , 123 

Smith, W.S., (Brigadier General)— 

Commendatory order on relieving, from command of 4th Division, 

15th Corps 174 

To command all Cavalry in Department of the Tennessee 219 

Snake Creek Gap — 

To free, will be first movement of armies in the field 299, 300 

Snelling, D., (1st Lieutenant, 1st Alabama Cavalry)— 

Commendatory order on relieving, from duty as commandant of 

" couriers" at Headquarters 368 

South Carolina — 

Sets apart certain lands and islands in, for settlement of negroes 337 

South Carolina Railroad — 

To be destroyed 342, 343 

Special Orders— 

Countermand, No. 97, Department of the Cumberland 11 

Modifies, No. 23, Department and Army of the Tennessee 216 

Spies— 

Authors of reports tending to aid the enemy liable to treatment of... 88 
Spottstlvania C. H., Va.— 

Telegram of Secretary of War announcing victory of Army of the 

Potomac at 242 

Spragtje, J. W., (Colonel)— 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Stables, {See Livery Stables.) 
Staff — 

Announces, of 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 16 

Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 89 

15th Army Corps 121-125 

Division of the Mississippi 232 

Commanding General in the Field 239, 240, 277, 311 

to join Headquarters at Alexandria 368,369 

Staff Departments — 

Chiefs of, to submit estimates for an army of 60,000 men 1 

Forbids enlistment of negroes usefully employed in any of the 251 

Stahlbrand, C. J., (Brigadier General)— 

Assigned to Army of the Tennessee 364 

Stanley, D. S., (Major General)— 

To command Army of the Cumberland during absence of regular 

commander 295 

Steadman, J. B., (Major General) — 

To command District of the Etowah 256 



LXXIV IXDEX. 

Steamboats— Page. 

To be collected for transportation of 2,000 men 226 

Steele, F., (Major General) — 

To command 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi 102 

of 15th Corps 121 

15th Corps during absence of regular commander 177 

Stewart, W. H., (Private, 30th Ohio)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy in case of new vacancies 188 

Stoneman, G., (Major General)— 

Assigned to command of a special Cavalry force 233 

temporary command of 17th Corps 306 

Storage — 

Respecting, of stores for 15th Corps 117 

Every house or shed at Milliken's Bend to be seized for, of stores 99 

Store, (See Trade Stores) — 

Army commanders may establish a, near main camps to supply 

troops with articles not on ration table 292, 293 

Store Boat — 

Steamer Hannibal designated as, of 1st Division, Army of Tennessee.. 19 
Storehouses— 

Chief Quartermaster to seize all vacant, in Memphis and rent same 

to loyal tenants 53 

Stores, (See Supplies.) 
Stragglers— 

One mile from camp may be fired on by patrols 80 

To be dealt with summarily 163 

Resisting or insolent to be shot down; all men absent without 

written authority to be deemed 252 

Strong, W. A., (Lieutenant, 72d Ohio)— 

Announced as Acting Quartermaster of 1st Division, Army of the 

Tennessee 20 

Stuart, D., (Colonel)— 

To command 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee 12 

4th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

2d Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi 102 

Congratulatory orders to, late commander of 2d Division, 15th Corps 120 
Subsistence, (See Supplies.) 
Subsistence Department — 

Officers on duty in the, to furnish returns and reports required by 

Chief of Cavalry 294 

Summerville, Ga.— 

Armies in the field to move against enemy supposed at or near 302 

Supplies, (See Depots)— 

Respecting settlement for, taken..... 2 

Rules governing mode of obtaining forage and 79,80 

storage and issue of, of 15th Army Corps 117 

To economize. Brigade Commissaries will forage for beef and corn... 137 



INDEX. I.XXV 

SupvLiES— Continued. Page. 

No compensation to be made for, taken from disloyal citizens 215 

Not to be sold to citizens at posts south of Nashville 237 

To be furnished certain gunboats transferred to Navy Department... 256 

Respecting question of; issues should not exceed 25 per cent, of 
effective force 261,262 

Exportation of grain and hay raised in Tennessee prohibited 266 

of kind required by troops forbidden in Tennessee... 270 

No general train of, to accompany armies in the tield 315- 

In country on each side of Gulf railroads as far as Altahama River 
bridge to be exhausted 323 

Chief Commissary to confer with Mayor of Savannah respecting 
issue of, to destitute families 326-328 

Work of railroads from Goldsboro' limited to army 349 

Surgeons— 

Respecting duties of, of Brigades 5 

Divisions 76,77 

Surrender— 

Announces, of Confederate forces under General Lee 361 

Surveys — 

Rules respecting, and duties of Topographical Engineers 250 

Sutlers — 

Rules to govern, of regiments 125, 126 

Forbidden within limits of fortified places 289 

Swords, T., (Colonel) — 

Announced as Chief Quartermaster of Department of Cumberland.. l 
Teamsters — 

Respecting discharge of, by commanders of regiments 2 

Allowing soldiers to ride in wagons to be fined one dollar 40 

Not to water their animals unless a general halt is made 49 

Telegram — 

Of General Halleck announcing victory of Army of the Potomac at 
the Wilderness 240 

Of the Secretary of War announcing success of battle at the Spott- 
sylvania Court House 242 

Of the Secretary of War conveying President's approval of army 
operations 246 

Of the Secretary of War announcing success of General Sheridan 
near Bunker Hill 293, 294 

Announcing capture of Richmond 358 

Telegraph Lines — 

Repair of, to be pushed forward 244 

On road towards Decatur to be destroyed 268 

Orders thorough destruction of certain 319,320 

Tellico Plains, Tenn. — 

15th Army Corps to march to 211 

Tennessee — 

Prohibits exportation of grain and hay raised in 266 



LXXVI INDEX. 

Tennessee — Continued. Page. 

Prohibits exportation of agricultural produce in, of kind required 

by troops 270 

Tennessee River— 

Eastport to be considered head of navigation of the 205 

Tents, {See Hospital Tents) — 

Regulates allowance of. 25,83 

All captured, that are not required to be fired 143 

Thayer. J. M., (Brigadier General)— 

To command 3d Brigade, 1st Div., 2d Corps, Army of the Mississippi.. 102 

15th Corps 122 

Thomas, G. H., (Major General)— 

Announced as second in command of Division of Mississippi 308 

Thomas, L., (Brigadier General) — 

15th Corps to assemble to listen to address of, on " policy of the war ".. 129 
Tobacco — 

In City of Atlanta to be seized for benefit of the Government.. 288,289-292 
Topographical Engineer DepartmExVT — 

Regulations to secure rapid and efficient co-working of the, of armies 

in the field 250 

Tourtellotte, J. E., (Colonel) — 

Tenders thanks to, for gallant defense ofAlatoona 297 

Tower, Z. B., (Brigadier General)— 

Announced as Inspector Gen. of fortifications in Div. of Mississippi.. 310 
Trade — 

Prohibits, in cotton 87 

General duties of commanders respecting 200-202 

Instructions under law of July 2, 1864, relative to, in States in 

insurrection 281-283 

Regulations to be observed by persons desiring to 335 

Traders, {See Sutlers.) 
Trade Stores — 

Permitted at Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. 

Augustine, and .Jacksonville ; regulations to govern 335 

Train Guard — 

Commander of Army of the Cumberland to furnish 1,000 men as a, 

to commanding officer District of the Etowah 259 

Trains — 

A Division, of 75 wagons, to be organized 34 

Movement of Division, to be expedited 39 

the, of 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee 48,49 

To be organized for each Division 74 

Movements of troops and, to Grand Gulf 136 

Chief Quartermaster of expedition against Jackson to send supply, 

to Black River bridge 167 

Wagon, to be organized 194,195 

Armies in the field to park their, to points convenient to roads lead- 
ing south.... 301 

No general, of supplies to accompany armies in the field 315 



INDEX. LXXA'II 

Transfer— Page. 

Orders for, of troops to embrace transportation 235 

Transportation — 

Mr. J. B. Anderson announced as Superintendent of, on the Louis- 
ville and Nashville Railroad 9 

Respecting, of freight and citizens on military railroads from Nash- 
ville 233,234 

Orders of transfer of troops to embrace 235 

To any point not more than 100 miles from Cairo may be furnished 

rebel deserters and refugees y.. 277, 278 

Respecting, of certain supplies 292,293 

To Pittsburg maybe furnished refugees 321 

Orders transfer of wagons to equalize means of, of armies in the field. 354, 355 
Transports — 

Prescribes order of movement of, of 1st Division, Army of the Ten- 
nessee 13-15 

For Right Wing Army of the Tennessee to be assigned by Chief 

Quartermaster 83 

Duties of captains, pilots, and engineers of 85 

Prescribes flags to be carried by 86 

No citizen not part of crew allowed on 87 

Assigns, of the Divisions of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 90, 91 

Prescribes movements of 100 

To be inspected to discover property obtained by pillage or plunder.. 105 

All, to be discharged at Eastport until further orders 205 

Travel — 

Regulates, into and out of City of Memphis 55 

Treasury Agents — 

Commanders in Division of the Mississippi to afford, assistance not 

incompatible with military operations 324 

Captured cotton and certain public buildings in Savannah to be 

turned over to the 333 

Trenches — 

Enlisted men coming to Memphis without authority to be put to 

work in the .50 

Troops— 

In Fort Pickering not assigned to Right Wing to remain under Gen- 
eral Hurlbut 83 

Under General Steele to join Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 89 

Respecting movements of trains and, to Grand Gulf 136 

Orders for transfer of, to embrace transportation 235 

Respecting baggage, &c., allowed, ordered on active service 236 

Troxel, T. G., (Private, 25th Iowa Volunteers)— 

Recommended as worthy of appointment as Cadet at the Military 

Academy in case of new vacancies 189 

Truce — 

Announces a ten days', with Confederate forces in Georgia 291, 292 

with General Johnston's forces 363, 364 

Terminated 365 



LXXVIII INDEX. 

TuscuMBiA, Ala. — Page. 

Movement of troops to, to secure safety of railroad from destruction.. 198 

TusctfMBiA Creek — 

Orders repair of bridge across 38 

TuTTLE, J. M., (Brigadier General) — 

To command 8th Division, Army of the Tennessee 119 

3d Division, 15th Corps 124 

Vacancies— 

Commanders of regiments to keep Governors of States advised of, C5 

Valedictory — 

To 1st and 3d Divisions of Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 81 

Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 99 

Armies of Georgia and Tennessee 373-375 

Vandever, W., (Brigadier General) — 

Assigned to 14th Army Corps 340 

Veatch, , (Brigadier General)— 

Troops under, to rejoin General Dodge at or near Athens 228 

ViCKSBDRG, Miss.— 

1st Division, Right Wing Army of Tennessee, to move directly on... 93 

15th Corps to move on road to , 145 

Instructions for an assault on ; defensive works of, to be reduced by 

regular approaches; north lines to be "objective" 145-147 

Regulations to prevent communication between enemy in, and their 

friends outside 151 

Instructions looking to return to, of expedition against Jackson... 172,173 

1st Division of 15th Corps to march to, for further orders 191 

2d Division of loth Corps to march to, for further orders 194 

Respecting cotton brought to, by Yazoo River expedition 228,229 

To be held by a good garrison 230 

General Slocum to command Post and District of 232,233 

ViCKSBURG AND ShREVEPORT RaILROAD — 

Section of the, at or near Jois bayou to be destroyed 92 

ViCKSBURG Expedition — 

All citizens not employed in army composing the, and all women to 

be sent to Holly Springs 76 

Virginia Volunteers — 

4th, assigned to 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Corps 123 

Volunteers — 

Alls person authorized to raise, to submit reports to Dept. Hdqrs 1 

regimental officers of, to be paid on regimental rolls and at same 

time as the troops 5 

Officers of, entitled to muster-out to be discharged at once except 
one field officer for each regiment and one officer for each company 329 
Wagonmasters — 

Cannot be discharged by regimental commanders 2 

Wagons — 

Suitable for transportation of stores or sick may be seized 74 

Regulates allowance of, to troops ordered on active service 236 

Empty, to be sent to Jonesboro' 285 



INDEX. LXXIX 

Wagons — Continued. 

May be freely appropriated, discriminating only between hostile rich 

and neutral or friendly poor 316 

All, rendered surplus by late operations to be turned in to Chief 

Quartermaster 324 

Orders transfer of, to equalize means of transportation 354, 355 

Wagon Trains, (See Trains.) 

Ward, M., (Private, 7th Ohio Independent Sharpshooters)— 

Detailed as bearer of dispatches 371 

Warner, W., (Lieutenant Colonel) — 

Announced as Acting Inspector General of armies in the field 2.3<» 

Relieved 3Q5 

Washington City — 

Arrangements for review in, of Armies of Georgia and Tennessee 371-373 
West Point, Ky. — 

A depot of 200,000 rations to be established at 11 

White's Station, Tenn. — 

5th Division, Army of Tennessee, to remain in camp at 50 

"Wilderness"— 

Telegram of General Halleck announcing victory of Army of the 

Potomac at the 240 

Wilmington, N. C. — 

Announces communications open with; refugees and negroes with 

army to be taken to 345^ 346 

An office to be open at, to facilitate refitting and reorganization of 

troops 350 

Wilson, J. H., (Brevet Major General)— 

Announced as Chief of Cavalry of Division of Mississippi 307 

WiNSLow, , (Colonel, 4th Iowa Cavalry)— 

Announced as Chief of Cavalry of I5th Corps I93 

Wisconsin Volunteers — 

32d, attached to 5th Brigade, District of Memphis 72 

8th. attached to 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 15th Corps 124 

2d Cavalry, to take post at Red Bone Church 189 

WoLcoTT, C. C, (Colonel)— 

Announces appointment of, as Brigadier General 273 

Transferred to Army of Georgia 354 

Woods, C. R., (Colonel)— 

To command 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps 121 

an expedition now organizing 169 

Wounded — 

Men leaving the ranks on plea of helping the, to be punished 23 

Of 9th, 13th, and 15th Corps to be sent to Vicksburg 168 

To be brought off the field by non-combatants or musicians 251 

Yazoo Cut-off Expedition — 

1st Division, 15th Corps, to furnish 600 men for the 113 

Yazoo River— 

A combined army and gunboat expedition to be made up the 132 

Young's Point, La. — Roads near, to be put in order 109 



DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 7. j Louisville, Ky., October 8, 1861. 



Brigadier General Robert Anderson, having relinquished the 
command of this Department in General Orders No. 6, of this date, 
the undersigned assumes command of this Department. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Brigadier General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V department of the CUMBERLAND, 

No. 8. J Louisville, Ky., October S, 1861. 

All persons who have been authorized by competent authority to 
raise regiments for service in this Department are hereby ordered to 
report immediately, by letter to these Headquarters, the number of 
men actually raised at the time of the report, their position, and 
their condition for service. 

The report will embrace the amount of clothing received (if any) 
for the regiment, the number of arms received, the number of men 
who have their own arms, the facilities for transporting their regi- 
ments to camps of rendezvous, and such other military information 
with regard to their regiments as they may deem useful to the Com- 
manding General. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 



DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND 



No. 9. J Louisville, Ky., October 9, 1861. 

I. ..The chiefs of the different departments of the staff of this 
Military Department are directed to estimate at once for funds 
adequate to the supplying of an army of (60,000) sixty thousand men. 



II... A Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistence will be 
detailed by their respective chiefs for each of the armies now in 
front of Louisville and Lexington. They will be liberally supplied 
with funds to be disbursed for transportation and supplies. 

III. ..The Chief Quartermaster and Ordnance Officer will see that 
Colonel Buckner Board's regiment of Cavalry is supplied with 
horses, and armed and equipped as Cavalry at the earliest possible 
moment. 

IV... Commanders of armies in the field and commanders of sepa- 
rate detachments will use all possible efforts to protect the property 
of the inhabitants of the country. 

When forage is taken it must be paid for, and when articles of 
subsistence are taken a certified account thereof must be forwarded 
to the Chief Commissary at Louisville, to be paid, and charged to 
the regimental commissary taking the property. Other damages 
must be certified to and held over, till the restoration of peace, to 
be adjusted. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLA.ND, 

Louisville, Ky., October 10, 1861. 
[Circular.] 

The Colonels of regiments are informed that they cannot discharge 
citizen teamsters, employed by the proper authority, without just 
cause, in which case they will furnish the discharged teamsters with 
a written statement of the cause of the discharge. 

Regimental commanders cannot discharge wagon masters ; their 
appointment is given by law to the Quartermaster's Department. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

^ DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 51. J Louisville, Kij., October 12, 1861. 

Brigadier General A. McD. McCook, U. S. Volunteer forces, 
having reported at these Headquarters in obedience to instructions 
from the War Department, will proceed to the camp at Nolin Creek 
and assume command of all the United States forces in that vicinity. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

i DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 10. j Louisville, Ky., October 13, 1861. 

I. ..The regiment of Kentucky Volunteers now forming under the 
command of Colonel Pope will proceed to New Haven and take 
post there for the protection of the bridge over Rolling Fork and 
for preventing depredations on the part of roving bands of our 
enemy. 

II. ..The regiment of Colonel Willich, now at New Haven, will, 
upon being relieved by Colonel Pope, (and having received the 
wagons destined for it,) proceed to the camp at Nolin, and report 
for orders to Brigadier General McCook, commanding. 

III. ..The battery of Artillery under command of Captain Cotter, 
now at Louisville, will proceed by cars to the camp at Nolin and be 
under the orders of General McCook. 

IV. ..The regiment of Volunteers, Colonel Manson, now at Bards- 
town, will keep a strong detachment of men at Bardstown Junction, 
and will be responsible for the safety of the railroad bridges within 
two miles on either side of the Junction. 

v.. .Colonel Turchin's regiment will remain at Lebanon Junction, 
and will be held responsible for the safety of the bridge across 
Rolling Fork, and the bridges five miles to the north of the Junction. 
He will also employ such home guards as he may deem necessary 
to guard the bridges between the Junction and New Haven. 

VI... General McCook will keep a sufficient guard at Elizabeth- 
town, and along the road back to the tunnel. He will keep 



employed near him at all times a locomotive and a few cars for this 
purpose. 

VII. ..The Chief Commissary will at once throw forward to Nolin 
two hundred thousand rations, and see that the way stations are 
supplied, for which purpose he can employ a railroad train from time 
to time, with an agent to distribute the supplies along the railroad. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V department of the CUMBERLAND, 

No. 11. J Louisville, Ky., October 13, 1861. 

I... Colonel Thomas Swords, Assistant Quartermaster General, 
having reported at these Headquarters pursuant to instructions from 
the Quartermaster, will at once enter upon his duties and control 
the affairs of his Department within the sphere of his command. 

II... All officers and agents of the Quartermaster's Department 
will at once make their requisitions upon and send in their estimates 
and reports to him. 

He will assign a competent officer to be attached to the army now 
in camp at Nolin, and another to be attached to the army at Camp 
Dick Robinson, and will provide them as liberally as possible with 
funds for the purchase of forage and other necessary expenses of 
armies in the field. 

His calculations and estimates should be based upon a force of 
sixty thousand (60,000) men. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 12. J Louisville, Ky., October, 14, 1861. 

I... Additional Paymaster Charles T. Larned, having reported 
at these Headquarters, pursuant to an order from the Paymas- 



ter General assigning him to duty as Chief Paymaster of the 
Department, is hereby announced as the chief of his corps in the 
Department. 

He will enter at once upon his duties and cause all the troops in 
the Department to be paid as soon as possible up to the 31st of 
August, and thereafter regularly at the expiration of every two 
months. 

II... All regimental officers of the Volunteer service will be paid 
upon their regimental rolls at the same time as their regiments 
and at no other time. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAKD, 

Louisville, Ky., October 15, 1861. 
[Circular.] 

The following regulations respecting the duties of Brigade Sur- 
geons are published for the government of all concerned : 

I. ..Brigade Surgeons will frequently inspect the cooking and police 
of the camps, and the cleanliness and clothing of the men of their 
respective brigades ; the position and condition of the sinks ; the 
drainage of the camp grounds; the ventilation of the tents, &c.; 
making written reports to the brigade commanders whenever, in 
their opinion, any errors in these respects require correction, and 
sending duplicates of these reports to the Medical Director of the 
Department. 

II. ..They will see that the medicines, hospital stores, instruments 
and dressings of the several Regimental Surgeons are kept constantly 
sufficient in quality, in good order, and always ready for active 
service. 

III. ..They will transmit, every Saturday morning, to the Medical 
Director, a report of the number of sick in each regiment, and will 
accompany this with remarks showing the character of the prevail- 
ing diseases ; and, at the end of each month, they will receive the 
monthly report of the sick and wounded from the Regimental Sur- 
geons, consolidate them, and transmit them to the Medical Director. 



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IV. ..They will promptly report to the Medical Director all changes 
in station or location of themselves or of any of the medical officers 
in their brigades. 

v.. .They will inspect carefully all men receiving certificates of 
disability for discharge, and if they approve, will countersign such 
certificates. 

VI. ..They will see that the hospital attendants to the number of 
ten to a regiment, and the regimental bands, are assembled and 
drilled one hour each day (except Sundays) by the Regimental 
Medical Officers in setting up and dismounting the hand stretchers, 
litters and ambulances : in handling men carefully ; placing them 
upon the litters and ambulance beds ; putting them into the ambu- 
lances ; taking them out, &c.; carrying men upon the hand stretchers ; 
observing that the leading bearer steps off with the left foot, and the 
rear bearer with the right ; in short, in everything that can render 
this service effective, and the most comfortable for the wounded who 
are to be transported. 

VII... Brigade Surgeons will see that the x\rmy Regulations in 
relation to the uses to which ambulances are to be applied are 
strictly obeyed, and they will report promptly to the Brigade Com- 
mander any infractions of these regulations. 

VIII. ..Whenever a skirmish or affair of outposts occurs, or when 
a general engagement is expected, they will see that the regimental 
medical officers have the ambulances and stretchers properly manned 
with the drilled men, and in immediate readiness and attendance to 
bring off the wounded, and that such officers are at their posts with 
their instruments, dressings, and hospital knapsacks in complete 
order and ready for immediate use, so that no delay may occur in 
rendering the necessary surgical aid to the wounded. 

IX. ..They will report in writing to the Medical Director, within 
twenty-four hours after any affair with the enemy, or as soon there- 
after as possible, the name, rank, and regiment of each of the 
wounded, the nature and situation of the wounds, and the surgical 
means adopted in the case. 

X... Brigade Surgeons will be held responsible that the hospital 
service in their brigades is kept constantly effective and in readiness 
for any emergency. No remissness in this respect will be tolerated 
or overlooked. 



XI. ..Regimental Surgeons are directed to obey promptly the 
instructions of the Brigade Surgeons, and nothing in this order 
shall be construed as relieving them from their appropriate duties 
in providing for the care, comfort, and transportation of the sick 
and wounded of their respective regiments. 
By order of 

BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, 

Commanding. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 13. j Louisville, Ky., October 21, 1861. 

General Orders No. 2, issued from the office of the Adjutant 
General of the Kentucky State Militia, directing the consolidation 
of the Kentucky Volunteers into companies, battalions, and regi- 
ments, meets the approval of the Commanding General. 

All persons who are raising regiments in the State of Kentucky 
under authority of the War Department, or of my predecessor, 
unless their regiments are full or already brigaded, will report to 
the Adjutant General of the State, and conform to the instructions 
of the State Military Board until their organization is complete and 
they are ready to be mustered into the service of the United States. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 66. ) Louisville, Ky., October 21, 1861. 

1st Lieutenant J. H. Smyser, 5th Artillery, Acting Ordnance 
Officer of the Department, is hereby directed to take possession of 
all the arms now in the possession of the collectors of Jeflferson- 
ville and New Albany, Indiana, and of the arms in the possession 
of the custom house officers of this city. 

He will receipt for them in behalf of the United States. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

I DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 67. J Louisville, Ky., October Tl, 1861. 

I. ..Brigadier General Negley's brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves 
will proceed, via Louisville and Nashville railroad, as soon as prac- 
ticable, to the camp on Nolin River. General Negley will report in 
person upon his arrival in camp to Brigadier General McCook, 
commanding, for further orders. 

II. ..Colonel G. W. Hazzard, of the 37th Indiana, will proceed 
with his regiment to the mouth of Salt River, and take post at that 
point. 

III... Colonel Van Cleve, 2d Minnesota regiment. Volunteers, will 
proceed, via Louisville and Nashville railroad, to Lebanon Junction 
and relieve the 19th Illinois regiment, which, upon being relieved, 
will take post at Elizabethtown. 

IV. ..The detachment of Colonel Whittaker's regiment, Kentucky 
Volunteers, now at Elizabethtown, will, upon the arrival of Colonel 
Turchin's 19th Illinois regiment, proceed to the camp on Nolin 
River, and join General Rousseau's brigade. 

v.. .The Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments will make 
all the necessary preparations for the transportation and subsistence 
in these movements without unnecessary delay. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ department op the CUMBERLAND, 

No. 74. ) Louisville, Ky., October 21, 1861. 

I. ..The 9th Michigan regiment of Volunteers, (Colonel Duffield,) 
now at Jeflfersonville, Indiana, will, upon receipt of this order, pro- 
ceed without delay to the mouth of Salt River, and take post at that 
point. Upon arriving. Colonel Duffield will report to Colonel 
Hazzard, of the 37th Indiana regiment, for further orders and 
instructions. 

II. ..The Quartermaster in this city will furnish the necessary 
transportation. 



III... Captain N. Michler, Topographical Engineers, will proceed 
by the same boat, and will superintend the erection of such field 
works as may be necessary for the defense of the position. 

The commanding officer at the mouth of Salt River will afford 
Captain Michler all necessary assistance. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 80. j Louisville, Ky., November 2,1^^1. 

Mr. John B. Anderson is hereby appointed Superintendent of 
Transportation on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and will 
have the entire charge of the supply trains running on the road. 

He is authorized to call for assistance at any time upon the nearest 
military commander, who is enjoined to furnish the required aid 
with the utmost promptness the nature of the circumstances will 
permit. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 88. j Louisville, Ky., November 6, 1861. 

I... Colonel W. P. Boone, of the Kentucky Volunteers, is charged 
with the safety of the railroad bridge at Shepardsville, Kentucky. 
He will immediately, upon receipt of this order, detail a suffi- 
cient force from his regiment for that purpose. 

II. ..Upon the arrival of this force at the bridge. Captain Richard 
Lee's company of Colonel Whittaker's regiment of Kentucky Vol- 
unteers will proceed without delay to the camp of the regiment at 
Eminence, Kentucky, and Captain Lee will report his company for 
duty with the regiment. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[ DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 89. J Louisville, Ki/., Novembers, 1861. 

I....Colonel Stanleys ISth and Colonel Smith's 1st Ohio Volun- 
teers will proceed without delay by land to the mouth of Salt River. 
Upon arrival, the regiments will be reported to Colonel G. W. 
Hazzard, 37th Indiana Volunteers, commanding at that point, by 
the senior officer of the command. 

II....Captain F. W. Graham, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, will 
report his squadron for duty to Colonel Stanley, and will accompany 
the above movement. 

On arriving at Salt River he will report his command to Colonel 
G. W. Hazzard, commanding. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 97. ) Louisville, Ky., November 10, 1861. 

I....The 10th Indiana (Colonel Manson's) regiment Volunteers 
will march at as early an hour to-morrow as practicable, and take 
post at or near Shepardsville, on the north side of the Salt River. 

II. ...The baggage of the regiment and the sick will be sent by a 
special train of cars. The regiment will march with its wagons, 
taking one day's rations. 

III....The Quartermaster in this city will supply the train of cars. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V department of the CUMBERLAND, 

No. 98. j Louisville, Ky., November 11, 1861. 

I... Colonel Hazzard's 37th Indiana, Colonel Stanley's 18th Ohio, 
and Colonel Smith's 1st Ohio, regiments of Volunteers, will march 
without delay from their camp at the mouth of Salt River and take 



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postat Elizabethtown on the Louisville and Nashville railroad. On 
arriving, the senior officer of the command will report its arrival to 
Brigadier General McCook, commanding Camp Nevin. 

II. ..The Commissary Department will keep a depot of at least 
50,000 rations at Elizabethtown until further orders. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I" DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, 

No. 99. J Louisville, Ky., November 11, 18G1. 



Special Orders No. 97, current series, from these Headquarters, 
is hereby countermanded. 

The 10th (Colonel Manson's) Indiana Regiment of Volunteers, 
will march without delay from Bardstown to New Haven on the 
Lebanon branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman : 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y department of the Cumberland, 

No. 105. J Louisville, Ky., November 15, 18G1. 

I... Captain H. C. Symonds, Chief Commissary of this Depart- 
ment, is hereby direqted to establish a depot of ^00,000 rations at 
West Point, mouth of Salt River, and this depot will be kept at that 
standard, or as nearly so as practicable. 

II... Captain Symonds is also directed to see that all the regiments 
in the Department are supplied with ten days' rations in advance, 
and that they are kept so supplied, as nearly as practicable, until 
further orders. 

By command of Brigadier General Sherman: 

OLIVER D. GREENE, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



FIRST DIVISION-ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 



Ordfrs No 1 I HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

WRDERS INO. 1. I ^^^,^.^^ ^^ jgg2_ 

The organization of brigades at Paducah will remain substantially 
the same on the present expedition, viz: — 

First Brigade, Colonel Hicks commanding. 
40th Illinois Volunteers, Colonel S. G. Hicks. 
46th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Worthington. 
Morton's Indiana Battery. 

Second Brigade, Colonel Stuart commanding. 
55th Illinois Volunteers, Colonel D. Stuart. 
71st Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Mason. 
54th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel T. K. Smith. 

Third Brigade, Colonel Hildehrand commanding. 
77th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Hildebrand. 
57th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Mungen. 
53d Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Appier. 

Fourth Brigade, Colonel Buckland commanding. 
72d Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Buckland. 
48th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Sullivan. 
70th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Cockerill. 

The 5th Ohio Cavalry will not be brigaded. Morning Field 
Reports will be required daily from each brigade, and, if possible, 
before 10 a. m. 

The several brigades will move on boats in the order of rank as 
above, and the boats of each brigade will move together. 
By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman, 
Commanding 1st Division : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders \ HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 
No. 2. i March 10, 1862. 

Much delay and great trouble having been caused by the failure 
of a brigade commander to communicate to the officers of his 
brigade orders from Headquarters, it is hereby especially enjoined 
on each head of a brigade that he must issue to those under him, as 
soon as possible after reception, each and every order from the 
Major General commanding, or from the Headquarters of the 
Division. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



p. vol HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

URDERS .NO. 6. | StEAMER CONTINENTAL, Mavch 10, 1862. 

The boats of this Division, on seeing the " Continental" fire up, 
will do the same, and will push off and follow in the following 
order : — 

The Continental, (Headquarters of Division.) 
First Brigade. — Sallie List, Golden Gate, J. B. Adams, and 
Lancaster. 

Second Brigade. — Hannibal, Universe, Hazel Dell, Cheeseman, 
and Prairie Rose. 

Third Brigade. — Poland, Anglo Saxon, Ohio No. 3, and Conti- 
nental (detached.) 

Fourth Brigade. — Empress, Baltic, Shenango, and Marengo. 
By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



r, XT fi ) HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

URDERS iNo. b. J Steamer Continental, March 12, 1862. 

To insure regularity and efficiency of supplies, each brigade will 
appoint an officer to act as Brigade Commissary. This officer will 
ascertain the approximate strength of his command, and will draw 
from the depot at least two days' supplies in bulk, receipting there- 
for. Each Regimental Commissary will make a regimental return 
of provisions, approved by the Brigade Commander, upon which 



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the issue will be made to be distributed to the several companies. 
Brigade Commanders will be held responsible that their brigades 
have on hand at all times not less than three days' provisions in 
possession of the regiments or companies. To facilitate issues, as 
long as the command is on board of steamboats, the boats of the 
same brigade (and also of the Division when practicable) must lie 
together. Therefore the Brigade Commander's boat must lead, 
and when he makes a landing the succeeding boats must follow him. 
II. ..In like manner should be appointed to each brigade, by the 
commander thereof, a Brigade Quartermaster, who will supply the 
regiments of his brigade with wood, straw, and forage, and have 
charge of any wagons or horses that may be captured or taken for 
the use of the Army. When forage can be purchased the Brigade 
Quartermaster will receipt for the forage, specifying the brigade 
and division for which it is designed, with the price agreed on. He 
will account for the forage on his quarterly return, specifying from 
whom it was received. If the owner of forage be unwilling to sell, 
and in the opinion of the commanding officer then present it be 
necessary for the use of the Army, then the Brigade Quartermaster 
will take it, and leave a receipt, to be settled by the Chief Quarter- 
master, or to form the basis of claim against the Government at the 
close of the War. In all cases Brigade Quartermasters will take 
up on their returns all forage, &c., thus taken, and issue in the 
same manner as other public stores. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



.. H 1 HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 
Orders No. /. | Steamer Continental, March 13, 1862. 

When the gun-boat leaves, followed by the Continental, the Divi- 
sion will move in the order heretofore named, (see Order No. 3, of 
March 10,) keeping well together, and leaving an interval of at least 
three hundred yards between brigades. Should a boat fall out, the 
others will proceed, leaving a space for her to return. 

II. ..Every Colonel of a regiment will be held responsible that his 
command is supplied with forty rounds of ammunition in the car- 
tridge boxes, that all the able-bodied men are prepared to march 



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with blankets and two days' rations in their haversacks, without 
wagons or any transportation, and that twenty men of each regi- 
ment carry axes slung on their persons, and that axes be distributed 
to the leading companies. On all marches, halts, or in action, 
officers and men must keep their places at all times, and in the event 
of not receiving orders, each regiment will follow its leader. 

III... In case a landing is made, it may be ordered by the rear, in 
which case the brigades will march left in front, and regiments will 
disembark and march by the left flank. Officers and men must be 
cautioned to obey orders wifhont question. The objects to be 
accomplished are special and different from what they expect, but 
are a part of a grand design devised by the same mind that planned 
the victories of Forts Henry and Donelson, and led to the evacua- 
tion of Columbus and Nashville without a blow. Commanders of 
brigades and Colonels of regiments will alone be advised of the plan 
and the object of the expedition. 

The Commanding General enjoins silence at all times, that orders 
may be heard. Nothing so soon produces disorder and defeat as 
the habit of talking in the ranks, shouting, and noise. If orders 
cannot be heard, defeat and ruin follow. Silence and celerity of 
movements are the best means to secure success and victory. 

If any officer or soldier leaves the ranks without the permission 
of his captain, or if they engage in or permit acts of pillage and 
plunder, they will surely be punished. 

The laws of Congress make pillage punishable by death, but the 
disgrace which attends the practice attaches itself to the cause, and 
prevents that respect with which it should be our aim to impress 
our enemies now, who must become our friends before peace can be 
hoped for. 

This order must be read to each company of each regiment, and 
that immediately. 

Orders from these Headquarters are always to be distributed 
through Brigade Headquarters to the regiments, and through them 
to the companies. 

This rule is absolute and must be complied with. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Orders No 8 \ HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISON, 
ORDERS iNO. 8. j- Steamer CONTINENTAL, March 14, 1862. 

The following officers are announced as the Staff of this Division : 

Captain J. H. Hammond, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Surgeon W. D. Hartshorn. 

Surgeon Samuel L'Hommedieu. 

Lieutenant Colonel M. B. Hascall, 48th Indiana. 

Major D. W. Sanger, 55th Illinois. 

Lieutenant J. C. McCoy, 54th Ohio. 

Lieutenant J. Taylor, 5th Ohio Cavalry. 

They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No. 10. I HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION 

i March 16, 18B2. 

I... Colonel J. A. McDowell, 6th Iowa Volunteers, pursuant to 
orders from Major General C. F. Smith, having reported for duty, 
is assigned to the 1st Brigade, and being the senior officer will at 
once assume command of the brigade. 

II. ..The Cavalry and Artillery will land as soon as practicable. 
By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

Orders No 11 1 HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

■ i Steamboat Continental, March 16, 1862. 

Captain Stone's Battery, on the steamer Horizon, is placed under 
command of Colonel Stuart, commanding 2d Brigade. 

II. ..The six companies Ohio Cavalry, Major Ricker commanding, 
on the steamers Diamond and Edward Walsh, are attached to the 
3d Brigade, Colonel Hildebrand commanding. 

III... Commanders of brigades will at once see that the Colonels 
of the respective regiments have good roads made from the boats 
to the plateau above the river. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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p. M 19 I HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

URDERs iNo. 1-. ^ Pittsburg, Tennessee, March 16, 1862. 

The four brigades of this Division will march from Pittsburg, oa 
the Corinth road, armed and equipped for a two days' march, in 
the following order : The 1st Brigade will move at midnight to-night ; 
the 2d Brigade, at 1 a. m.; the 3d, at 4 a. m.; and the 4th, at day- 
light. The head of column will have a guide, and will move by 
way of Bethel, the Bark road. Jack Chamber's farm, and take posi- 
tion at some point about ten miles out, to cover reconnoissauce of 
Cavalry. The column will move slow and deliberately, with advance 
guard and flankers, and in case of attack each brigade or regiment 
will send word to the rear and defend their ground. Commanders 
of brigades will at once report to the Commanding General and 
receive full instructions. 

He will, after seeing the brigades fairly started, join the advance. 

The Commanding General again cautions the commanders of 
brigades, regiments and companies to keep in good, close order, to 
prevent even marching by side paths, but to keep in ranks as on 
parades. 

Frequent rests by brigades should be ordered : the progress about 
two miles per hour. Troops marching thus make a better impres- 
sion than when they straggle on the road. Guides will be provided 
as far as possible, but commanders of brigades may impress citizens 
as guides, to be treated kindly hut firmly. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No V) \ HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

URDERS INO. io. | STEAMBOAT CONTINENTAL, MarcJl 17, 1862. 

I... The division of General Hurlbut will disembark and establish 
its camp on a line perpendicular to the road about one mile distant 
from the river. After establishing the line, details will be sent back 
to the boats to debark the transportation, stores, &c. 

II. ..The men must be kept to their proper places, and no soldier 
shall pass the line without being sent on duty by the proper authority. 
The Artillery and Cavalry of the command will also disembark and 
encamp at points designated by the Commanding General. 



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III... General Sherman's division will remain on board transports 
and hold themselves in readiness to move promptly in any direction 
by land or water. 

IV. ..The boats at the landing will give place to those having on 
board the division of General Hurlbut, in order to facilitate their 
landing the troops. 

v.. .No citizen will be allowed to come within the lines, and the 
guards will be carefully instructed to make prisoners of all found 
lurking in the neighboring country, unless they are on their own 
farm and at their own work, in which case they must be encour- 
aged and protected. Wagons loaded with forage will be allowed to 
come as far as the lines, but must not come inside the lines. 

The 20th Ohio Volunteers will also disembark and encamp on the 
ridge to the south of the landing. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



^ AT 1. ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

Orders No. 14. | Pittsburg, March 19, 1862. 

It is strictly enjoined on every commissioned officer of this com- 
mand to prevent the shooting of guns except as hereinafter explained. 
Colonels of regiments will be held responsible for the cartridges 
issued to their commands, and will see that their Captains are held 
responsible, and will charge ten cents per cartridge for all cartridges 
not accounted for by their men. 

Guards will discharge their guns between ten and eleven a. m., 
under the charge of a commissioned officer, and at no other time. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



^j .^ \ HEADQUARTERS, 

Orders No. lo. | Pittsburg, March 19, 1862. 

I. ..The 1st Division will occupy the front lines of this camp. The 
1st Brigade will occupy the ridge on the Purdy road, about abreast 
of the Shiloh Chapel. 



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II. ..The 2d Brigade will camp on the Hamburg road, where the 
Purdy road comes in near Colonel Stuart's Headquarters. 

III. ..The 8d Brigade will camp on the left of the Corinth road, 
its right near the Shiloh Chapel. 

IV. ..The 4th Brigade will encamp on the right centre, its left 
reaching to Shiloh Chapel. 

v.. .Each brigade must encamp looking west so that when the 
regiments are on their regimental parades the brigades will be in 
line of battle. The interval between regiments must not exceed 
twenty-two (22) paces. Convenience of water may be considered, 
but must not control the position of the camp. 

VI. ..The Cavalry and Artillery need not be in line, but will be 
stationed as the nature of the ground may admit. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutmit General. 



no^^.eM^ 1A I HEADQUARTERS, 

Orders No. 16. | ^ Pittsburg, March 20, 1862. 

The steamer Hannibal is announced as the store boat of the 1st 
Division ; Captain Morton, Commissary of Subsistence, in charge. 

II. ..There will be a guard of a full company stationed on board, 
detailed weekly, beginning with to-day, and commencing with a 
detail from the 1st Brigade. From this company will be detailed 
daily a guard of one non-commissioned officer and ten men, to be 
posted at the Commanding General's Headquarters. 

III. ..The guard on board the Hannibal will, in addition to guard- 
ing the gangway and boat, assist in receiving and discharging stores. 
Whenever a Brigade Commissary sends for a requisition of supplies 
he must send a detail of men from his brigade to receive them and 
load his wagons. 

IV... When stores arrive for the steamboat. Captain Morton will 
send timely notice that a detail may be sent for to one or the other 
of the brigades of this Division. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant Genei^al. 



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.. ,- ) HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 
Orders r^o. 1/. | Pittsburg Landing, March 22, 1862. 

Lieutenant W. A. Strong, 72d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, is hereby 
appointed Acting Division Quartermaster, and will be respected 
accordingly. 

Brigade Quartermasters in this Division will return to him the 
exact number of animals in their respective brigades entitled to 
forage, and will make timely requisitions for the necessary forage. 
All returns for forage must specify the number of animals drawn 
for, and number of days, which returns must be approved at Division 
Headquarters. When forage is drawn, the Division Quartermaster 
will fill up the return before issue, according to the kind and amount 
on hand, so that it is fairly distributed. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



.. ,c 1 HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 
Orders JNo. 1«. ^ ^^^^^ Shiloh, Tennessee, March 23, 1862. 

Before a General Court Martial assembled at Pittsburg Landing, 
Tennessee, on board the transport steamer Hannibal, pursuant to 
Orders No. 9, current series, was arraigned and tried — 

* * * * * 

II. ..The General commanding the division will remark that all the 
sentences are mild. He is aware that many cases of pillage have 
occurred in the vicinity of Pittsburg, in comparison with which 
these are mild, but these cases come within his own observation — 
other officers have failed to report any. It is the duty of all officers 
in this Department to lend their cheerful aid in carrying out the 
orders of General Halleck in regard to pillage, which involves a 
high principle; If we cannot restrain our soldiers from pillage, if 
we cannot compel them to obey the laws of peace and war, how 
can we expect the people to return to their allegiance ? By robbing, 
we give color to the charge that we come to plunder and destroy, 
when we profess to come to restore the supremacy of the Constitu- 
tion and the laws. Our army is well paid, clothed and fed, and 
there is not a soldier in camp whose necessities urge him to plunder. 



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When provisions fall short, or any real want overtakes the army, the 
commanding officers are the proper parties to determine the mode 
and the manner in which private property shall be taken and dis- 
tributed. 

The honor and reputation of every good soldier is tainted by the 
acts of the very few who do these deeds of pillage, and the Com- 
manding General appeals not only to the officers, whose duty it is, 
but to the soldiers themselves, to check this mischievous habit on 
the part of a very small part of their fellows. 

Let us respect private property, and if the effects of some 
secessionists should even escape for a time, it will still be liable to 
confiscation, as the civil courts follow in our train. We have a 
higher mission than to destrqy the petty property of the families of 
our enemies. We never can expect the people to return to their 
homage, stript and plundered of all they hold dear and valuable, 
and we may count one or more inveterate enemies for every house 
that is entered and despoiled. 

III... The Court Martial having disposed of the cases before it, is 
hereby dissolved. 

By order of Brigadier General Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



n.T.. . v^ lo 1 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 19. | ^ ^^^^^. ^^ ^^^ p^^^^^^ ^^^..^ ^^ i;,g2 

I. ..In case of alarm, night or day, regiments and brigades should 
form promptly on their parades and await orders. Of course, if 
attacked, the immediate commanders present must give the neces- 
sary orders for defense. 

II. ..In case of an attack on the ad%"ance pickets, they should fire 
and fall back on the guard posted between them and the main 
brigade guard. This guard should hold its ground, and, if neces- 
sary, be reinforced from the nearest regiment by the Brigadier. 
But in no event should a Brigadier go beyond his advance pickets 
without orders of the Division Commander. By being thus drawn 
forward we lose the advantage of position and Artillery. The 
Brigade Commander should remain with his brigade and direct its 
movements. 



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III. ..One regiment to-day went out in gray flannel shirts, which, 
at a distance of 100 yards, resemble the secession uniform. Com- 
manders of regiments must never leave their camps for action unless 
their men wear the blue coat, jacket or blouse. 

IV. ..Detachments should be made as seldom as possible, and 
then chiefly to guard points along a plain road. There is more 
danger in sending a single company off to the right or left of a 
marching column than in receiving the fire of a regiment. These 
conclusions were illustrated by the events of to-day. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



OrdfrsNo 20 ^ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS JNo. zo. , ^^^^^p Shiloh, Apvil 12, 1862. 

Each brigade of this Division will detail daily three companies, 
one from each regiment of their brigade, as a grand guard. These 
guards will be so posted as to cover their brigade fronts. 

2. The Cavalry of the Division will furnish daily a picket of one 
oflficer and twenty five men, to be always posted well in advance of 
the Infantry guards, the officer to receive his orders from the Com- 
manding General before being posted. 

3. The 1st Brigade will keep a strong guard at the Purdy Bridge, 
over Owl Creek, with picket extending forward as far as prudence 
will admit. 

4. The 4th Brigade will i30st a guard of at least one company about 
a mile in front, with pickets half a mile further in the woods, south 
of Owl Creek, and near the large field where the Confederate 
hospital was situated. 

5. The 3d Brigade will keep a guard of at least one company at 
the "Lee Place," with the pickets out along the main Corinth road 
as far as the hospital and beyond. 

6. The 2d Brigade will keep a guard near the extremity of the 
open ground to their left front, with pickets out connecting with 
those of the 3d Brigade. 

7. All false alarms must be avoided. In case the enemy's Cavalry 
approach, the pickets should take shelter, fire on the Cavalry, and 



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drive them back. If threatened by superior force, or by the eneray's 
Infantry, they fall back slowly, taking advantage of all shelter, on 
the main guard. The main guard should send word back to their 
respective Brigade Commanders, and hold their ground to give time 
for the formation of the main lines of defense. 

8. In case of a renewed attack by the enemy, our front line of 
defense must be held at all hazards, and no regiment should fall 
back without orders from the Division Commander. Supports of 
Infantry and Artillery are close at hand, and will always be brought 
up from the rear as fast as necessary. 

9. The commanding officer of each brigade guard will permit no 
person, citizen, or soldier, to pass their lines, out or in, without the 
written authority of some superior, unless it be Cavalry pickets and 
escorts sent out for some specific purposes. All citizens or soldiers 
attempting to pass the lines, out or in, must be kept as prisoners 
and sent in under escort to their Brigade Commanders. A written 
report of each brigade guard must be made and sent by the Briga- 
diers to these Headquarters. 

10. The muskets of the men must be kept clean and unloaded. 
The advance guard and pickets will load on being posted, and will 
discharge the muskets by volley, on being relieved, about 10 a. m., 
and at no other time. 

11. Each Brigade Commander will examine carefully his imme- 
diate front ; fell trees to afford his men a barricade, and clear away 
all underbrush for 200 yards in front so as to uncover an approach- 
ing enemy. With these precautions we can hold our camp against 
any amount of force that can be brought against us. The expe- 
rience of the last battle must convince the wavering that in organi- 
zation is safety, and any officer or soldier who is out of his place in 
the ranks is worse than an open enemy, and must be shot. Colo- 
nels of regiments must see that their file closers are instructed on 
this point, and that they execute summary punishment on any mis- 
creant that dares break his ranks. 

12. Men must not leave their ranks to remove the wounded. The 
wounded will be looked to as soon after the cessation of firing as 
the Colonel may order, and any man who leaves his ranks on the 
plea of sheltering or relieving the wounded while his company or 
regiment is engaged, must be treated as a fugitive and summarily 
punished. The safety of this army and the only chance of success 



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is in our keeping our brigades and regiments compact and in good 
order, and any Colonel who allows his regiment to fall into disorder, 
from any pretext whatever, shall be disgraced. 

13. Each regiment will keep on hand cartridges at the rate of 100 
per man, forty always in the cartridge boxes and from forty to sixty 
near at hand, or in the pockets and haversacks of the men. Also, 
more care must be given to instruct the men never to fire without 
seeing the enemy. When the smoke hangs low or bushes intervene 
the men must be cautioned to fire low. All discharges of muskets 
at the moon or tops of trees are not only wasted, but they deceive 
the Generals, who have a right to judge of the execution by the fire 
of their men. 

By order of Brigadier General W, T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No 91 "I HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS iNo. ^1. I Grant's Corps d'Armee, April 25, 1862. 

The importance of brigade drill is such that the Commanding 
General will permit -no officer or soldier to be absent if he can 
possibly be on the ground, either in the ranks, armed or unarmed, 
or a witness. 

Officers to be excused must be in hospital, or excused by the 
Division Surgeon, Dr. Hartshorn. Soldiers to be excused must be 
in hospital, on picket, or a sentinel on post. The camp guard, 
except sentinels on post, and all working parties, must be called in 
and put on drill, unless by an order in writing from the Commanding 
General. 

No Colonel of a regiment or Captain of a company will under- 
take to excuse from drill. If the men are unable to bear arms they 
will form on the left of the company unarmed. If not in hospital 
but suffering from diarrhoea, they can be hauled to the drill ground 
in a wagon by the Colonel's order, and there they must be silent 
and observe the movements of the Division. Drill will take place 
daily at 3 p. m,, unless it be actually raining. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Orders No 2^ \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS iNo. z^. | Grant's Corps d'Armee, April 28, 1862. 

I. ..All the troops of this Division will make immediate prepara- 
tions to march, and will be prepai-ed to move at 10 o'clock to-morrow 
morning. At least three days' rations and forage will be taken 
along. 

II. ..The allowance of tents will be two to each company, one to 
the field and staff of each regiment, two to the Brigade Headquar- 
ters, and three to the Division. All surplus baggage, together with 
the sick, and all incumbrances of every kind, must be left behind, 
and the troops be prepared for active service. 

III. ..Each regiment must have on hand 100 rounds of cartridges 
for each man, and another 100 rounds per man must follow in 
wagons. The 13 wagons of the regiments will be distributed as 
follows : one to each company, one to the regimental field and staff, 
one to the Surgeon, and one loaded with cartridges. 

IV. ..The habitual order of march will be as follows : — 

1st. Brigade, with Morton's Battery. 

2d. Bouton's Battery. 

3d. Buckland's Brigade. 

4th. Major Taylor and two Batteries. 

5th. Hildebrand's Brigade. 

6th. Stuart's Brigade and one battery to be designated by Major 
Taylor. Silfversparre's Battery of 20- pound Parrott guns will for 
the present remain in camp. 

v.. .Colonels of regiments will designate some sick officer who 
will remain in their camps to strike all tents, gather all regimental 
property, and remain in charge of it until further orders. 

VI. ..The Division Surgeon, Dr. Hartshorn, will designate at least 
one medical officer to attend each regiment on its march, and leave 
a sufficient number with the necessary medicines and stores to attend 
the sick left behind. 

VII. ..The 1st Brigade will leave its camp at 10 a. m., march to 
Shiloh and take the Corinth road. The other brigades and batteries 
will be prepared to follow in the order above named. Brigade com- 
manders will call in their guards and pickets about 7 a. m. 
By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant GeneraL 



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■\ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 23. y armt of the Tennessee, 

J Catnp Ko. 1, April 30, 1862. 

The officers and men of this Division must now bear in mind that 
we are in an enemy's country ; that at any moment we may be assailed, 
or be called upon to assail our enemy, or repair to the assistance of 
our friends. Officers and soldiers must stay in their regimental or 
company camps. The habit of wandering must be stopped, and all 
must bear in mind that we are not here to satisfy our individual 
pleasure, but to maintain the honor and character of a great nation, 
of which we must have just cause to be proud. Arms will be habit- 
ually stacked in line of battle, a sentinel per company over them. 
In rainy weather they will be taken inside of the company tents. 
Every soldier must clean his musket and see that its vent is clear 
each day early ; he must then see to his shoes, to his clothing, his 
haversack and canteen. Every soldier should, at all times, have 
some meat and bread in his haversack, water in his canteen, and 
cartridges on his person, besides those in the cartridge-boxes. Each 
Brigadier must exercise his brigade at least once each day, and every 
Colonel must drill his regiment daily, and every commander of a 
company must practice his men all the time at the manual. This 
not only gives instruction, but makes the men handy with their 
weapons. Our men want to obey their own will, but have sense 
enough to know that one man, or ten, or an hundred, can do nothing 
of service to the country. Results can only be produced by regi- 
ments or brigades, therefore officers and men must at all times be 
with their companies. Immediately on reaching camp, each Colonel 
or commander of a regiment will select his spring or place for water, 
put a guard, and, if necessary, a chain of sentinels to it; and imme- 
diately on a halt for camp, each Captain, under the direction of the 
Colonel, will cause a sink to be prepared for his company. These 
are the first wants. 

Regimental guards, of at least one company per regiment, will be 
detailed daily to guard each regimental camp, and a brigade guard 
of one company per regiment will be detailed daily and posted under 
the direction of the Brigadier, or one of his staff, as soon as the 
brigade halts. Regimental guards will be posted according to Regu- 
lations — see "Police Guards." Brigade guards will be posted 
habitually on the exposed flank, viz : the right, as our Division is 



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the right wing of the Grand Army. These guards must have their 
belts and cartridge-boxes on, and be posted according to the ground, 
at least 300 yards on the exposed flanks, with sentinels thrown for- 
ward in groups of three, like skirmishers. The enemy will doubtless 
endeavor to harass us and cause both real and false alarm. This 
can only be avoided by preventing straggling and by good guards 
and sentinels. 

The Army Regulations contain perfect instructions for guards and 
sentinels. Officers in command of guards will be held responsible, 
with their lives and honors, that these instructions are given to their 
sentinels, and the Commanding General will call upon officers and 
sentinels frequently for their orders and instructions, and will not 
fail to notice the officers who instruct their men. 

To prevent straggling, the following rules will be observed : On 
a march, each company will have two men with their full equip- 
ments with their company wagon. These men must be with the 
wagon and never leave it except in case help is asked by some of 
the regimental train. All others must be with their companies. In 
camp, every soldier and company officer will be near his musket, 
stacked on the color lines or in the company tent. No captain can 
send his men away. In case it is necessary to send a man away on 
business, the Brigadier or Colonel, by themselves or one of their staff 
officers, must give a written pass explaining the object. This pass 
must be for the occasion and may be in pencil. Soldiers found away 
from their camps may be arrested by any guard and put to work on 
roads, digging sinks, ^thering wood, water or any useful labor 
at once, and sent to his proper company at retreat. The three roll 
calls — reveille, retreat and tattoo — must be strictly attended and 
absentees punished as above. In flagrant cases, regimental or 
brigade courts martial will punish by fines and more severe punish- 
ment. 

In case of alarm, night or day, regiments form on their parades 
promptly and wait for orders, but any one who occasions false alarms 
must be promptly punished. 

Soldiers of other divisions or brigades found loitering in our camp 
must be arrested, put to work until retreat, and then allowed to go 
to their own camps ; and the Commanding General will notify other 
Division Commanders that he will expect the same on their part. 

When soldiers or teamsters are noisy, mutinous or abusive, any 



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officer on the spot must summarily prevent it, by tying them up and 
using such other means as he may think proper. 

The Commanding General believes all this will be unnecessary 
if company officers will explain to their men the importance of this 
order. If persuasion will not do, the honor and safety of the army 
will justify the most extreme measures. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Camp No. 3, May 5. 
[Circular.] 

Our situation, from the rain and road, has become difficult, and it 
becomes the duty of every officer and man to anticipate our danger 
and labor. Every ounce of food and forage must be regarded as 
precious as diamonds. Roads will be impassable and our bridges 
swept away. General Halleck and our superior officers will do all 
they can, but their power is limited by nature. We must do our 
part in full. Men must at once be limited in bread and meat. All 
live stock in our lines must be driven in and used, and all grass, 
wheat, and everything fit for forage gathered. Horses will be 
allowed to browse on bushes, and such as elm, cottonwood, and 
sassafras gathered for this use at once. Particular attention must 
be given at once to our roads and defenses. Let every axe and spade 
be busy. At daybreak a party from each brigade will open a road 
by clearing the underbrush back to the Ridge road, following the 
highest ground back to the north and east. In front of the whole 
line underbrush must be cut to a distance of 300 yards, and heavy 
logs felled as a breastwork along the front of the Artillery and 
camps. Pickets, guards, and sentinels must be visited often and 
the utmost vigilance maintained. Montery is the key point. We 
cannot be assailed by Artillery, because the enemy cannot haul it 
up, but we may be assailed by hordes of Infantry night or day, and 
therefore vigilance must be kept at all times, and any neglect 
promptly punished. If any sentinel will not be wakeful and intel- 
ligent he must be made to work. 

Our right is the point of danger, and will receive the personal 
attention of the General, but he can do nothing unless his orders 



are strictly observed, and these are — that all articles of provision and 
forage be put under guard and dealt out at half rations ; that the 
guard to our front be prepared with log breastworks and defenses, 
and underbrush cleared to our rear to admit of prompt and easy 
communication, not to retreat on but to afford means of drawing 
assistance, if necessary, and to move regiments from one point to 
another of our lines if need be. 

Orders heretofore issued cover the whole ground, and this is only 
meant to remind all of their importance. Maps will at once be 
prepared and sent to Brigadiers, who should furnish Colonels and 
subordinates with copies. 

By order of Brigadier General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



^ V, ,,, 1 HEADQUARTERS CAMP No. 4, 

Orders No. 24. I ^ j^^^^ ^^ 

To-morrow morning all the commanders of brigades and detach- 
ments are directed to have reveille at fifteen minutes before four 
o'clock. Until further orders after to-morrow, it will be at 4 a. m. 
The men may retire as early as circumstances will permit. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



No. 25. I 



HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 25. Y army of the Tennessee, 

Camp before Corinth, May 13, 1862. 



Brigadier General Morgan L. Smith, having been assigned to this 
Division, and the 8th Missouri regiment transferred in place of the 
14th Wisconsin, on detached service, the following changes are made 
in the Division, to be carried into effect at once. In consequence 
of the reduced strength of regiments, instead of four brigades there 
will be three brigades of four regiments each : — 

First Brigade. — Brigadier General Morgan L. Smith, command- 
ing — 8th Missouri, 55th Illinois, 54th and 57th Ohio. 



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Second Brigade. — ColonelJohn A. McDowell, commanding — 6th 
Iowa, 46th Ohio, 40th Illinois and 77th Ohio. 

Third Brigade. — Colonel R. P. Buckland, commanding — 72d 
Ohio, 70th Ohio, 48th and 53d Ohio. 

The batteries and Cavalry will remain unattached as heretofore, 
and make reports direct to Headquarters, but Major Taylor will 
habitually keep one battery with each brigade unless specially 
detached by General Orders. 

The regiments hereby changed in their brigade organization will 
at once be conducted into line of their new brigades, their com- 
manders reporting to their new Brigadiers. 

The officers commanding brigades will forthwith acquaint them- 
selves with the actual condition of their commands as to numbers, 
arms, ammunition, transportation, &c., and any wants will be sup- 
plied on proper requisitions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



\ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 26. \ army of the Tennessee, 

j Camp before Corinth, May 14, 1862. 

Brigadier General J. W. Denver, having reported to these Head- 
quarters, is hereby assigned to the command of the 3d Brigade. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

y ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 27. J Camp No. 6, near Corinth, May 15, 1862. 

Details for guards and pickets should be made at evening parade 
and guards assembled at guard mounting at about 7 o'clock, after 
breakfast. When in bivouac or camp the guards and sentinels 
should be posted at that hour. When on a march the guard should 
be assembled as soon as the command halts and the camp is fixed, 
and the guards and sentinels should at once be posted. 



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OfiBcers commanding guards should study their ground carefully 
and well, and explain to the sentinels the points to be particularly 
watched, and the cover they should take if threatened or attacked. 

Guards should be carefully instructed, as the safety of all depends 
upon their fidelity and watchfulness. 

A field officer-of-the-day will be detailed, who will receive instruc- 
tions from the Commanding General. He will see that our pickets 
connect with those of the adjacent divisions and with each other. 
The picket guard will be mounted by brigade and will consist of 
one company per regiment; and, when reinforced by special details, 
those details should have credit for a regular tour. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



] HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 28. \ army of the Tennessee, 

J Camp No. 6, May 18, 1862. 

The 6th Missouri regiment Volunteers, Colonel Bland command- 
ing, having reported at these Headquarters, is hereby assigned to 
the 1st Brigade, General Morgan L. .Smith commanding, and will 
report immediately. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



No. 29. I 



HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 29. }■ army of the Tennessee, 

Camp No. 6, May 18, 1862. 

Brigadier Generals and commanders of detached corps are hereby 
directed to make inquiry as to the authority by which commissioned 
officers are absent. Such as are found to be absent without leave 
will immediately be reported as deserters on the morning report 
and muster and pay-rolls, and the Colonels of regiments are directed 
to recommend proper persons to fill their places at once. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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] HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 30, y army of the texnrssee, 

j Ca7np before Corinth, May 31, 1862. 

The General commanding 5th Division, Right Wing, takes this 
occasion to express to the officers and men of his command his 
great satisfaction with them for the courage, steadiness and great 
industry displayed by them during the past month. Since leaving 
our memorable camp at Shiloh, we have occupied and strongly 
intrenched seven distinct camps in a manner to excite the admira- 
tion and high commendation of General Halleck. The Division 
has occupied the right flank of the Grand Army, thereby being 
more exposed and calling for more hard work and larger guard 
details than from any other single division, and the Commanding 
General reports that his officers and men have promptly and cheer 
fully fulfilled their duty, and have sprung to the musket or spade 
according to the occasion, and have just reason to claim a large 
share in the honors that are due the whole Army for the glorious 
victory terminating at Corinth on yesterday, and it affords him great 
pleasure to bear full and willing testimony to the qualities of his 
command that have achieved this victory — a victory none the less 
decisive because attended with comparatively little loss of life. But 
a few days ago a large and powerful rebel army lay at Corinth, with 
outposts extending to our very camp at Shiloh. They held two 
railroads extending north and south, east and west, across the whole 
extent of their country, with a vast number of locomotives and 
cars to bring to them speedily and certainly their reinforcements and 
supplies. They called to their aid all their armies from every 
quarter, abandoning the seacoast and the great River Mississippi 
that they might overwhelm us with numbers in the place of their 
own choosing. They had their chosen leaders — men of high repu- 
tation and courage — and they dared us to leave the cover of our iron- 
clad gunboats to come and fight them in their trenches and still 
more dangerous ambuscades of their southern swamps and forests. 
Their whole country, from Richmond to Memphis, and from Nash- 
ville to Mobile, rung with their taunts and boastings, as to how they 
would immolate the Yankees if they dared to leave the Tennessee 
River. They boldly and defiantly challenged us to meet them at 
Corinth. We accepted the challenge and came slowly and without 
attempt at concealment to the very ground of their selection, and 



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they have fled away. We yesterday inarched unopposed through 
the burning embers of their destroyed camps and property, and 
pursued them to their swamps, until burning bridges plainly con- 
fessed they had fled and not marched away for better ground. It is 
a victory as brilliant and important as any recorded in history, and 
every officer and soldier who has lent his aid has just reason to be 
proud of his part. No amount of sophistry or words from the 
leaders of the rebellion can succeed in giving the evacuation of 
Corinth, under the circumstances, any other title than that of a 
signal defeat, more humiliating to them and their cause than if we 
had entered the place over the dead and mangled bodies of their 
soldiers. We are not here to kill and slay, but to vindicate the 
honor and just authority of that Government which has been 
bequeathed to us by our honored fathers, and to whom we would be 
recreant if we permitted their work to pass to our children marred 
and spoiled by ambitious and wicked rebels. 

The General commanding, whilst thus claiming for his Division 
their just share in this glorious result, must at the same time remind 
them that much yet remains to be done, and that all must still con- 
tinue the same vigilance, patience, industry and obedience, till the 
enemy lays down his arms and publicly acknowledges for their 
supposed grievances that they must obey the laws of their country 
and not attempt its overthrow by threats, by cruelty and by war. 
They must be made to feel and acknowledge the power of a just 
and mighty nation. This result can only be accomplished by a 
cheerful and ready obedience to the orders and authority of our 
leaders, in whom we now have just reason to feel the most implicit 
confidence. That the 5th Division of the Right Wing will do this, 
and that in due time we will all go to our families and friends at 
home, is the earnest prayer and wish of your immediate commander. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General. 



nr,r.^^o M^ Qo > HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

URDERS INC. 6Z. | ChEWALLA, TENNESSEE, JunC 6, 1862. 

Captain J. Condit Smith, of the Quartermaster's Department, 
having reported for duty with this Division, is hereby assigned to 
duty as Division Quartermaster. He will proceed forthwith to the 



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river at Pittsburg Landing and there organize a division train of 
seventy- five wagons, load them with provisions and grain, and join 
the Division wherever it may be with as little delay as possible. 
Regimental and Brigade Quartermasters will turn over to him any 
spare wagons and teams they may have, but will employ those on 
hand in transporting their regimental baggage and provisions as 
heretofore. 

II. ..The brigade of Colonel McDowell, with the batteries of 
Artillery now near Corinth, will close up on the rest of the Division 
following the road to Che walla, on the ridge south of the Charleston 
and Memphis railroad, and will take post next to General Denver, 
facing southwest. Major Taylor will post the batteries of Artillery 
at commanding points near the intervals of regiments. 

III. ..Brigadiers will at once order forward to this camp all the men 
and officers left behind at our last camp, and will send wagons to 
bring forward the camp equipage. Any spare teams should be sent 
to the Landing for stores. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 33. )- army of the Tennessee, 

Camp Chewalla^ June 7, 1862. 

The General commanding thinks he observes on the part of 
officers and men a partial relaxation of that activity and vigilance 
which characterized his command on the march to Corinth. The 
enemy's army has fled away, and there is no seeming danger present, 
but this may not be the real truth, and we must always act on the 
supposition that the enemy will do his worst, and that he will take 
advantage of every chance we give him to annoy us, and destroy us 
or our detachments, on the very first opportunity. Therefore very 
general attention is again called to the great importance of a proper 
system of caution and guard, to be observed at all times, whether by 
the whole Division, by detached brigades, regiments or smaller 
parties. 

1. During all marches, advance guards should be out with flankers 
when there is the most remote danger of an enemy. Ranks must 



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be kept, and straggling absolutely prevented. Marches should be 
made as steady as possible and the men be impressed with the fact 
that by falling out they only make matters worse to catch up. By 
keeping a steady pace a weak or sick soldier will experience far less 
fatigue than if he rests for a time and follows behind. Frequent 
rests will always be made by the General in command or by Briga- 
diers, but no subordinate officer must lengthen the column by halts 
for any cause. If a wagon or gun stalls, or any obstruction offers, 
details must be made promptly to remove by hand the obstruction, 
or the Infantry must pass round and leave the obstruction to be 
removed by the rear guard. 

2. As soon as a halt is made, the General, by himself or some of 
his staff, will indicate to Brigadiers their points, and whether the 
camp should be in line or column in mass. Brigadiers will in like 
manner indicate to Colonels the points for their regiments. If 
accident give one regiment good ground and others bad, Colonels 
must not change on that or any other account, for order and system 
alone give strength to an army, and must prevail over mere personal 
comfort and choice. 

3. The moment the ground for a halt or camp is selected, Colonels 
of regiments or commanders of detachments will at once see his 
guard established, his arms stacked or arranged under shelter if 
need be, will cause the watering place to be marked and guarded, 
and indicate the place for sinks where they cannot be oflfensive to 
his own command or that of another. 

The company, daily detailed for picket or grand guard, will stand 
fast under arms and be conducted to the brigade headquarters, and 
at once established under the direction of the brigade officer-of-the- 
day, who in his turn will be governed by the order of the general 
officer-of-the-day. The grand guard must be entirely independent 
of the interior regimental guard, and is intended to cover the whole 
camp against the enemy from any and every quarter. Its importance 
cannot be over estimated, and officers and soldiers must be made to 
feel that in a good grand guard the safety and comfort of all 
depends. 

If this guard be well posted, instructed, and vigilant, every man 
can sleep and rest well, but no soldier can have security in his camp 
or bed in an enemy's country such as we now occupy if he feels 
that the sentinels are sitting down, careless or asleep. 



4. The General will personally direct the posting in camp of the 
Artillery and Cavalry, which must have the ground adapted to their 
service. They must guard their own camps and horses, but will not 
be called on for working details or grand guard, but on halting for 
camp, the Chief of Cavalry will report in person for instructions as 
to the Cavalry pickets. Upon their intelligence and vigilance much 
depends. They are not posted to fight, but for watching the ap- 
proaches of an enemy at sufficient distance out to give early warning 
of danger. Generally they will keep under cover themselves, at 
points where they have a long field or road or path ahead. The 
picket guard must always keep out vedettes, who must either be 
in the saddle or standing to horse. They must never allow them- 
selves to be surprised night or day. The officer of picket must 
always, before resting, make a circuit about his station, so as to be 
well informed of all approaches as well as roads and paths leading 
back to camp, and must report to headquarters or to nearest camp 
all suspicious acts or signs of an enemy. They must, however, be 
careful to give no unnecessary alarm, as quiet and rest are essential 
to the health and usefulness of an army. 

•5. The moment the halt or camp is indicated to a battery of 
Artillery, the commander will come into battery, unlimber, guns 
pointed towards the enemy, horses unbridled or unharnessed, as the 
case may require, guards posted and tarpaulins spread, the water 
for horses and men looked to, and forage provided. Every oppor- 
tunity at a halt during a march should be taken advantage of to cut 
grass, wheat or oats, and extraordinary care taken of the horses, on 
which every thing depends. The commander should at once study 
his ground, mark well the field of fire, and improve it by cutting 
away limbs and bushes or moving logs. There is no branch of 
service that calls for harder work and keener intelligence than the 
Artillery, and no excuse will ever be received for the want of a 
proper degree of foresight in providing for all necessities and pre- 
paration at all times for battle. 

6. But the grand guard is the most important feature of an army 
in the field. The instructions laid down in the Army Regulations 
are minute, and must be carefully studied by all officers and 
explained to the men. The Commanding General has frequently 
found sentinels negligent, sitting down or even asleep, and has 
invariably been told by the sentinel "he did not know any better," 



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"had never been told by his officer," &c., &c. This will never do. 
Every sentinel mnst know that at least he should be well armed and 
wide awake, and the officers should not give the men an opportunity 
to plead ignorance. Each sentinel should have plain instructions 
when posted what he should do, especially the points he is to watch : 
the manner of challenging at night, and the length of his turn of 
duty. Sergeants and corporals must be active, and must hasten to 
the sentinel when he calls : for, if threatened, no sentinel should 
leave his post ; but the officer commanding the guard should alone 
judge when a sentinel is too much exposed. Sentinels must be 
warned against spies, and citizens must not pass within or without 
our lines without special authority. Better prohibit all citizens from 
traveling than to allow an enemy to gather information by their 
spies, who will resort to all manner of cunning to penetrate our 
camps to judge of our strength and of our plans. When citizens 
approach our lines they should be politely but firmly told they must 
go home and stay there. If they have business or information for 
Headquarters, they should be passed there under guard. 

7. As a rule all private property of citizens must be respected ; 
but if forage or feed be needed, and the parties are unwilling to sell 
at fair prices, the Division or Brigade Quartermasters and Com- 
missaries may take and account for as though purchased. They 
will give the owner a receipt for the amount taken, specifying on the 
face of it that the claim cannot be transferred, and payment will be 
made at the convenience of the Government on proof of loyalty. 

This order will be furnished each regiment and detachment, and 
read at evening parade. Its contents will be carefully explained to 
all commanders sent off on working parties and detachments, and 
no excuse will ever be taken in case of surprise. Armed, equipped 
and provided as this army is, we must at all hours and all times be 
prepared for battle or for any of the machinations of a shrewd and 
desperate enemy. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 35. )■ army of the Tennessee, 

June 9, 1862. 

The 3d Brigade, General Denver, will move forward on the road 
to Pocahontas and repair the bridge across Tiiscumbia Creek, camp- 
ing on the east side of the creek, but pushing a strong picket beyond 
to the high ground. 

The Division of General Hurlbut will move early to-morrow on 
the same road to the Big Hatchie, and reconstruct the bridge across 
that stream, repairing the road generally and making it passable to 
Artillery. The Division will leave its train on this side of Tus- 
cumbia Creek until the Tuscumbia bridge is passable. 

The Brigades of Morgan Smith and McDowell will be prepared 
to move forward as soon as notice is received that the road is opened 
as far as Pocahontas. Officers and men must be cautious in their 
dealings with citizens. Nothing should be told them of the move- 
ments of troops or anything whatever of our plans or purposes. 
They must be suspected always ; although, if at home and minding 
their business, they should be respected. If on the road they must 
be arrested and held as prisoners. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



-\ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 36. [ army of the Tennessee, 

J Chewalla, June 10, 1862. 

Commanders of brigades and detachments will at once reduce 
the baggage of their commands to the minimum. All officers' 
trunks ; all surplus tents, and extra baggage of every kind, will 
immediately be deposited in the depot at Chewalla, and from there 
will be sent to Pittsburg Landing, and by boat to Cairo, there to 
await orders. Hereafter forty rounds of ammunition must be car- 
ried in the cartridge box, two papers on the person of each soldier, 
and one box in each company wagon. Also the ammunition wagon 



of each regiment to be full. The remainder on hand, together with 
surplus arms, will be deposited at the depot for conveyance to 
Corinth. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

Orders No. 37. CHEWALLA, June 10, 1862. 

I... General Morgan L. Smith will move his entire command early 
to-morrow morning on the State Line road to Pocahontas and beyond, 
so as to have a strong working party employed repairing the bridge 
across Muddy. 

II... Colonel McDowell will march his whole Brigade about 2 p. m. 
to-morrow to Pocahontas and then bivouac. He will follow the 
State Line road. 

III... Colonel Dickey, 4th Illinois Cavalry, will cross the Tus- 
cumbia at Captain Young's, make a circuit to the south and west, 
and reach Pocahontas by night. His train will follow McDowell's 
Brigade and train. The Cavalry must henceforth avail itself of 
every opportunity to forage on the country. 

IV,.. Commanders of brigades and detachments will hereafter see 
that in making their encampments they leave the roads entirely 
clear. Wagons must be parked in the woods or fields, and horses 
and mules placed so as not to interfere with any trains or column 
on the march. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

] HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 38. > army of the Tennessee, 

J Camp Chewalla, June 11, 1862. 

Colonel McDowell will detail a small regiment to remain at Che- 
walla till relieved by a regiment from General Todd's Division, and 
to escort the balance of the Division train forward until it overtakes 
the Division on the road to Grand Junction. Captain John Condit 
Smith will dispatch a messenger back to hurry forward the part of 
the Division train still behind, and will make all necessary arrange- 



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ments to send it forward under the escort of the regiment detailed 
by Colonel McDowell. He will unload two or three wagons among 
the last to arrive, and with most indifferent teams to carry to Pitts- 
burg Landing the trunks, private and regimental baggage deposited 
in the depot, and deliver the same to Lieutenant Skerrett, acting 
Division Quartermaster. When all this baggage is received, Lieu- 
tenant Skerrett, with his clerks, will take passage to Cairo and Mem- 
phis and then report to the Major General commanding, taking with 
him the personal baggage before mentioned. Lieutenant Skerrett 
will, at Pittsburg Landing, deliver to the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment the wagons thus used, taking receipts in the name of Captain 
Smith. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



n . c V on \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 39. | ^ Newlands, June 12, 1862. 

The 1st Brigade will march forward about twelve miles and select 
a good camping ground on the waters of Spring Creek. The 3d 
Brigade will move forward about eight miles and select good ground 
for camp on the west side of Porter's Creek. 

The 2d Brigade will move forward about ten miles, and camp on 
east side of Porter's Creek. 

General Hurlbut's Division will move its camp forward about 
three miles to the large fields at Newland with strong advance guard 
thrown forward, and will send an expedition towards Jonesboro'. 
More attention must be paid on the march, especially as to the 
train. Each Regimental Quartermaster must be with his regimental 
train and stay with it. The Brigadier will make frequent rests and 
assure himself against gap_in the column. If any soldier is found 
in a wagon, the teamster will be fined one dollar, and any soldier who 
puts his gun in a wagon must be severely punished. The wagon 
guards must march by its side armed and ready to defend the train. 

By order of Major General Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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^ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 40. >- army of the Tennessee, 

J Camp Spiking Creek, June 12, 1862. 

General Denver and Colonel McDowell will march as early as 
possible in the morning, June 13, and take position respectively on 
the right and left of the State Line road where it crosses the second 
branch of Spring Creek, one and a half miles in advance of these 
Headquarters. 

General Hurlbut with one brigade will at once occupy General 
Denver's present camp at Foster's, on the west bank of Porter's 
Creek. The rest of his command will remain on the Hatchie until 
the Division train arrives, when all of his troops will move by easy 
marches on the State Line road to Grand Junction. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No 41 \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

URDERS iNO. 41. | j^^^^ ^^^ ^gg2^ 

Sir: You will march with your command early to-morrow morn- 
ing on the State Line road to Moscow, examine into the state of 
damages on the Memphis and Charleston railroad where it crosses 
the valley of Wolf River, and do all things possible to restore it to 
a running condition as soon as possible, to which end, you are 
authorized to call upon planters in the neighborhood for negroes, 
oxen, wagons or whatever is necessary to a speedy restoration of the 
road. 

Two companies of Dickey's Cavalry will be ordered to report to 
you this evening for orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 
To Brigadier General Denver, 

Commanding 3d Brigade. 



Orders No 49 1 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERSJNo. 42. I June 15, 1862. 

Sir : You will detail two companies ; the commanders will report 
to General Denver this evening for orders. They are designed to 



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go forward to Moscow. You can withdraw your picket on the 
Ripley road, and in lieu send a small picket guard forward to Ball's 
bridge, about three miles west of La Grange. The companies 
going forward will take their due proportion of baggage and forrage. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 
To Colonel T. Lyle Dickey, 

Commanding 4th Illinois Cavalry. 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 48. )■ army of the Tennessee, 

La Grange, Tenn., June 18, 1862. 

The Commanding General must call attention to the duties of 
officers and men toward the slaves. The well settled policy of the 
whole army now is to have nothing to do with the negro. Exclude 
them from camp is General Halleck's reiterated order. We cannot 
have our trains encumbered by them, nor can we afford to feed them, 
and it is deceiving the poor fellow to allow him to start and have him 
forcibly driven away afterwards. For these and many good reasons 
the General now especially directs the Colonels of regiments. Cap- 
tains of companies and Regimental Quartermasters, to give their 
personal attention to this matter, to remove all such now in camp 
and to prevent any more from following our camp or columns of 
march. 

The laws of Congress command that we do not surrender back to 
the master a fugitive slave. That is not a soldier's business, nor is 
it his business to smuggle him away. Let the master and slave look 
to the civil authorities and not to us. Also the laws of war make 
the property of the enemy liable to confiscation, if used for warlike 
purposes, such as horses and wagons hauling stores, slaves making 
forts, &c., &c. In such cases the commanding officer would right- 
fully appropriate his labor through the Quartermaster, and let the 
title to freedom be tried as soon as a proper civil tribunal can be 
reached. 

If wagonmasters or teamsters carry away in their wagons runaway 
negroes, it is made the duty first of the Regimental Quartermaster, 
next of the Brigade Quartermaster, and last of any commissioned 
officer, who will cause them to be summarily turned out and the facts 



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reported to Headquarters, that the actual offender may be punished 
by fine and imprisonment as he deserves. 

By order of Major General W. T, Sherman : 

' J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 44. V army of the Tennessee, 

j La Grange, Temi., June 18, 1862. 

Too much looseness exists on the subject of foraging. The 
Articles of War make it almost a capital offense for an officer or 
soldier to pillage, which means taking private property for his own 
use. It makes no difference if that property be of friend or enemy. 
Pillaging demoralizes the soldier; allows him to straggle from his 
ranks and neglect his duty, which, in many cases heretofore, have 
proved fatal to whole armies. The General can communicate to 
any officer the history of many such cases. 

When an army moves in an enemy's country it is entitled to draw 
on that country, within limits, certain articles of forage and provis- 
ions ; but, as it is a delicate right, it must be exercised by as few as 
possible. Brigade Quartermasters needing forage will apply to their 
commanders for suitable escorts to the wagon train, and will accom- 
pany it themselves, and will use all possible forbearance, explaining 
to the party the necessity, and giving a receipt for quantity and price, 
with a promise to pay at the pleasure of the United States on proof 
of loyalty at the time — certificate not transferrable. In meritorious 
cases the Division Quartermaster may pay cash. All forage and 
provision thus taken must be taken up on the usual property returns, 
giving the date and name of the party, that the transaction may be 
traced in the future settlement of accounts. The Regimental 
Quartermaster of the Cavalry, and the Acting Quartermaster of 
batteries of Artillery, may give receipts and instruct the parties to 
carry them to the Division Quartermaster, who will give the formal 
account. No other persons than those above specified can lawfully 
take or appropriate private property, except contraband of war, 
arms, ammunition, &c., which it is the duty of the Provost Marshal 
to collect and deliver to the Ordnance officer. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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^ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 45. I army of the Tennessee, 

J La Grange, Tenn., June 21, 1862. 

General Denver will detail one regiment to remain as a guard to 
the bridge at Moscow and to complete the work beyond there, and 
with the remaining regiments will move forward about ten miles and 
select ground suitable for a camp for the whole Division, such ground 
if possible to be south of the road and covered in great part with 
shade trees — water being of course the first consideration. 

General McDowell will move his brigade forward to the same 
place, beginning his march this afternoon. 

General Morgan L. Smith will march early to-morrow morning 
forward to the camp to be selected by General Denver. 

2. General Hurlbut will occupy La Grange with his Division. 
The Cavalry of each Division will, on marches, constitute its rear 
guard, and will summarily punish stragglers found committing 
depredations on private property. 

We may have to draw pretty freely on the inhabitants for forage 
and rations, but this must only be done in the manner fixed in orders. 

The regiments left at La Grange will be supplied from Corinth 
until the road to Memphis is open, but the bulk of the army must 
depend on our wagons, and these must be held ready on arrival at 
camp to be dispatched into Memphis for supplies. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assista7it Adjutant General. 

yrr ,r \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 46. | Lafayette, June 25, 1862. 

The Division will move to-morrow morning to Moscow. General 
Morgan Smith's Brigade in advance will start as early as possible to 
allow the whole Division to reach Moscow before the intense heat of 
the day. He will proceed through Moscow to a point about a mile 
and a half beyond and select good ground facing south, and near 
enough Wolf River to obtain from it a supply of water. 

General Denver will follow General Smith and select his camp out- 
side Moscow and near enough to Wolf River to obtain water from it. 

Colonel McDowell's Brigade will bring up the rear and occupy the 
town of Moscow. 



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The Chief of iVrtillery will distribute the batteries as heretofore. 
The Division train and all wagons not needed by the regiments can 
cross the Wolf River here and proceed to Moscow by a road lying 
on the north side of that stream. The 4th Illinois Cavalry will bring 
up the rear of and guard that train. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



r, XT .- 1 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 4/. j Moscow, June 27, 1862. 

The troop? of this Division will be mustered for payment on 
Monday, the 30th instant, under direction of their respective Briga- 
diers. Each Brigadier may detaiPone or more Adjutants to Assist 
him in calling the company rolls, who will sign the rolls as muster- 
ing officer. Each mustering officer will be careful to note, opposite 
the name of every absent officer and soldier, for whose absence the 
Colonels or Captains cannot show written authority from General 
Halleck or these Headquarters, the word "Deserted," giving the 
date of desertion as the time when the officer or soldier absented 
himself without authority. 

II... Officers and soldiers who absent themselves improperly from 
their commands are not entitled to receive the pay, bounties and 
advantages of the good and faithful, who, through sickness and heat 
and privations, perform their duties and labor hard to conquer peace. 
The Commanding General is determined to draw this broad distinc- 
tion between the good soldiers and the doubtful ones. 

He wants no men absent on account of wounds to be reported as 
deserters, but all who have taken advantage of Hospital Surgeons 
who exceeded their powers, sanitary committees, and fame-seeking 
governors, must suffer the penalty. When, hereafter, they do join 
their companies a court martial can determine whether the muster 
be right. Brigadiers will give their personal attention to this matter, 
(see General Halleck' s Order No. 14.) 

III. ..The Chiefs of Artillery and Cavalry will superintend the 
muster of their respective commands. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 48. V army op the Tennessee, 

j Moscow, Tenn., June 29, 1862. 

The Division will be in line and will march at two o'clock to- 
morrow in the order of — 

Denver's Brigade. 

Smith's Brigade. 

McDowell's Brigade. 

The Cavalry will take the advance, taking the road towards Mount 
Pleasant — leaving it to the right — and thence towards Hudsonville. 
They will halt from time to time to assure that the Infantry is on 
the right road. 

Each Brigade will carry their cooking utensils and provisions for 
six days, and will leave behind tents and all baggage, except the 
bedding of ofiScers and men. Each regiment will take its ammuni- 
tion wagon and tools at the rate of twenty- five axes, spades, and 
picks, per regiment. 

The Division ammunition train will accompany the expedition. 

Each Brigadier will make arrangements that the sick men left 
behind be organized to defend the camps against any sudden inroads 
of Cavalry. 

General Denver will detail one regiment to remain behind, the 
Colonel of which will be in command, and will be charged with 
guarding the railroad bridge and camps. The Chief of Artillery 
will designate a section of Artillery to remain at Moscow and be at 
the disposal of the commanding officer. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No 49 I HEADQUARTERS, 

URDERS Ao. 49. I Moscow, J«/?/ 7, 1862. 

Stealing, robbery and pillage have become so common in this 
army that it is a disgrace to any civilized jjeople. No officer other 
than the General commanding will grant passes beyond the line of 
pickets, and he will grant none except on extraordinary occasions. 
Brigadiers may send out, as heretofore, the regular foraging parties 
with guard, strictly according to orders already issued. 



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Major Gibson will detail a patrol daily of an officer and ten 
mounted men, who will patrol the country round about camp. This 
patrol will fire upon any party engaged in robbery and pillage, or 
who attempts to escape. All found outside the lines will be deliv- 
ered to the Provost Marshal, who will put them on bread and water 
until relieved by the Commanding General. 

This demoralizing and disgraceful practice of pillage must cease, 
else the country will rise on us and justly shoot us down like dogs 
and wild beasts. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

OunFRs No 51 I HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. ol. | Moscow, Juli/ 10, 1862. 

From and after the 10th of this month the different regiments of 
this command will make requisitions for forage, approved by the com- 
manding officer, for the full number of public animals for ten (10) 
days in advance. This requisition will be presented to the different 
Brigade Quartermasters, who will present them to the Division 
Quartermaster, who, upon ascertaining the amount required, will 
turn the same over to them on receipts and invoices. 

The batteries will make requisitions direct on the Division Quar- 
termaster, who will furnish them with the forage they require. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 52. ]■ army of the Tennessee, 



Moscow, July 14, 1862. 

Pursuant to orders received from General Headquarters, Corinth, 
all the troops at or near Grand Junction belonging to General Mc- 
Clernand's Division will move by rail and by land to Bolivar, where 
they will receive full instructions from Headquarters. 

II... General Hurlbut will march his Division by the State Line 
road through Moscow, and camp on the west side of the bridge and 
north side of the road convenient for water, leaving the road clear. 



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He will be careful that nothing is left behind in the way of provis- 
ions, tents, or stores of any kind. Before moving he will assure 
himself that Colonel Leggett has the means to transport by cars to 
Bolivar the public stores now at the junction, and such sick and 
feeble men as cannot march. To this end the train of cars to arrive 
this P. M. should at once be put to work transporting stores and sick 
back to Bolivar. 

III. ..After General Hurlbut's Division reaches Moscow the 5th 
Division will march, followed by General Hurlbut's Division, with 
a suitable interval of time and space. An order for the march will 
be given by published orders or transmitted through Aides-de-Camp. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



-\ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 53. \ army of the texxessee, 

J Moscow, July 17, 1862. 

The Division will march to-morrow at early daylight on the State 
Line road westward in the following order: — 

Denver's Brigade, McDowell's Brigade, Smith's Brigade. 

The head of the column will halt beyond Lafayette at a distance 
to bring the rear of the column opposite the depot, and will rest 
until afternoon to enable McDowell's Brigade, now at Lafayette, to 
fall into its appropriate place. The column will hold itself prepared 
to march the same evening to some point five or six miles beyond 
Lafayette for camp. 

II. ..The second day's march will be in the order of McDowell's 
Brigade, Smith's Brigade, Denver's Brigade. 

The third day's march, and until we reach our camp back of 
Memphis, Smith's Brigade, Denver's Brigade, McDowell's Brigade. 

III... More attention must be given to keeping the Artillery and 
trains closed upon the Infantry masses. In no case during a march 
should teamsters attempt to water their teams unless a general halt 
for noon or night be made. Should a wagon become disabled it 
must at once be moved out of the road and the train pass on. The 
disabled wagon, with its guard, after repairing damages, will fall in 
and recover its place at the next noon or night halt. Brigade and 



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Regimental Quartermasters must be with their trains all the time, 
and will see that the wagon guards keep near their respective wagons 
and carry their arms and accoutrements. 

IV. ..The Division train and the ammunition train must follow the 
train of the first or leading brigade. The rear brigade will send its 
train in advance of the Infantry. The leading brigade will always 
keep out an advance guard of two companies, with skirmishers in 
front and on the flanks, when there is an appearance of danger ; also 
a company with axes and spades to repair bridges when necessary. 
The rear brigade keeps out a rear guard to pick up stragglers. The 
Cavalry will send its wagon train in advance of the last Infantry 
brigade, but will serve as a rear guard during the march. The 
Artillery will be assigned to brigades by the Chief of Artillery for 
the purpose of the march, but any battery may at any moment be 
called out of its place for special service. 

v.. .Officers and men must not leave their ranks on the march or 
at a halt without the permission of their Colonels, and then only 
for a necessary purpose. 

The march will be steady and with no long stretches. It is far 
easier for the soldier to keep his place than to follow the winding 
and rough paths by the way- side or in the adjoining fields. Besides, 
each regiment must at all times be ready for action. Servants and 
unarmed men must follow in the rear of each regiment, and the 
time to fill canteens is the night before. the march. Should the days 
be hot it is better to wait for the first halt before making coffee. 
Each man should have at all times in his haversack bread and meat 
enough for two days. AYith these rules and care on the part 
of officers having charge of wagon trains, there is no difficulty in 
making the day's march in six or seven hours, divided between the 
cool of the morning and evening. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No 54 \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS JNo. 04. I White's Statiox, July 19, 1862. 

It is manifest that a great many horses, mules, and other private 
property are now in our camps, which have been taken in the 
country without warrant or authority. All such property will at 



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once be turned into the Division Quartermaster, and every Regi- 
mental Quartermaster, commander of a battery, chief of Cavalry, 
or other officer, will cause an actual count of horses and animals 
in their possession, and will make a written certificate that at this 
date they have on hand that particular number, for which they will 
account. This count will be verified by the Division Quartermaster. 
All parties who are mounted, who are not by law designated and 
considered as mounted officers or soldiers, will have their horses 
and mules taken away and those animals treated as public animals. 
Colonels of regiments will see to the execution of this order, and 
see that the animals are at once delivered over to the Regimental 
Quartermaster and by him to the Division Quartermaster, who will 
report as soon as possible the number of animals he has on hand 
now, and how many are turned over to him by the several regiments 
and companies. Every Colonel of a regiment or commander of a 
battery and chief of Cavalry will to-morrow cause a thorough 
examination and will report the number of negroes in their camps, 
and give the names of such as came from their respective States as 
servants. All other negroes must be registered and put to work on 
the fortifications as soon as we reach Memphis. The Provost Mar- 
shal in Memphis will be instructed to put to work in the trenches 
all soldiers who come to Memphis without leave of the Commanding 
General. As soon as our camp is established, as large an amount 
of liberty will be given to all good soldiers as is consistent with 
their duty, and ample opportunity afforded them to see the city with 
all its "sights." 

The Commanding General, with the Engineer officers and part of 
his Staff, will proceed, before daybreak to morrow morning, into 
Memphis to examine the condition of things there ; to see the 
ground, and to select camps. Orders will be sent back for the 
troops to march into Memphis as soon as camping ground is selected. 

Both General Hurlbut's Division and my own will remain at or 
near this camp at White Station until such orders are received, and 
no officer, soldier, or citizen, connected with this marching column, 
will go to Memphis until the two Divisions are moved in. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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n r.^ oxr^ ^r 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

Orders No. 5o. | Memphis, Tenn, J..?y 20, 1862. 

In consequence of the total absence of water, fit for man or beast, 
at any point near Memphis, save in wells which are barely adequate 
to supply the inhabitants, the two divisions under my command will 
be forced to camp in compact order in and around Fort Pickering, 
on the river bank, two miles south of Memphis. 

The 5th Division will march in the order prescribed early to- 
morrow into Memphis. On reaching the outer pickets, about two 
miles out, the wagon trains will be ordered to halt and clear the 
road, and each Brigadier will march his brigade, in good order, 
straight west to Main street, one square east of the levee, then turn 
south, down Main street to Fort Pickering. General Smith's Brigade 
will not enter the fort, but camp some three hundred yards to its 
front or east. General Denver's and Colonel McDowell's Brigades 
will enter the fort, the former taking the south half and the latter 
the north half of the ground inside the lines of unfinished trenches. 
All the Brigadiers, after selecting the ground for their regiments, 
will send an officer of each regiment back to conduct their trains of 
wagons to camp. 

General Hurlbut will also pass the column of halted wagons and 
leave his, in like manner, behind, to be sent for after the selection 
of camp, and will pursue the same line of march, viz: down Poplar 
street to Main, down Main to the fort, leave the fort and camp of 
Colonel Wood's Brigade to the right, and choose camp in the woods, 
next below Colonel Wood's Brigade, near the river. 

The Brigade and Regimental Quartermasters must remain with 
their trains, and, when the Infantry has passed them, will, without 
further orders, follow the column until met by an officer of their 
respective regiments to conduct them to camp. 

There is no use in attempting to get water until the river is reached 
at Fort Pickering, where, of course, it is abundant in the Missis- 
sippi. Every effort should be made to make the march in the cool 
of the morning as far as possible. 

Cavalry will remain and escort the wagon train into camp and 
then choose their own. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

Orders No. 5G. j> army of the Tennessee, 

Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1862. 

The undersigned hereby assumes command in Memphis and 
vicinity. All orders issued by my predecessors will be respected 
and enforced. • 

Staff officers stationed at Memphis will report at once in writing, 
giving full information as to the condition of their Departments and 
the location of their offices. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General. 



No. 57. [ 



HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 57. \ army of the Tennessee, 

Memphis, July 21, 1862. 

Brigadier General Hovey, with all the Infantry regiments of his 
former command, will immediately embark for Helena, Arkansas, 
there to report for orders to Major General S. R. Curtis. The Chief 
Quartermaster at Memphis will provide steamboats at once, using 
boats bound up the river if the nature of their business be not of 
too much. importance. He will notify General Hovey when one or 
more boats are ready, that they at once be freighted. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 58. \ army of the Tennessee, 

J Memphis, July 22, 1862. 

All houses inside the new fort must be forthwith vacated by 
families or persons not constituting a part of its garrison. Under 
no pretext must any woman or family be allowed to sojourn 
inside the fort, which must be strictly military, all non-combatants 
excluded. 

A Military Board, to be composed of Lieutenant Colonel Louden, 
70th Ohio, Major Fearing, 77th Ohio, and Major Fisher, of the 54th 
Ohio, will assemble immediately in the fort, and will examine each 
house and premises, make a minute of the owner, tenant, and 



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general character of building, such as dwelling, shop, shanty, &c., 
and affix a value to the house, fences and immovable improvements. 
The Board will give each owner or tenant a certificate of the value 
of such improvements, and the fact that he or she has been forcibly 
dispossessed. The Chief Quartermaster in Memphis, on the pre- 
sentation of such certificate, will cause the party to be put in 
possession of some vacant house in Memphis of about equal value. 
The Board will make a full report of their action, to remain as 
evidence for the final settlement when made. 

The Chief Quartermaster at Memphis will forthwith, by himself 
or agent — a commissioned officer if possible, otherwise by some 
competent person appointed from civil life, to be paid out of rents 
to be collected — will take possession of all vacant storehouses, ware- 
houses and buildings, and will rent them out if possible to reliable 
and loyal tenants, at fair moderate rents, payable monthly in advance, 
keeping an accurate account with each piece of property so taken. 
When the buildings are used by any department of the army, the 
rent will be estimated and charged but not collected ; but no build- 
ing must be occupied by any military person or department without 
the approval of the Commanding General. The buildings inside of 
the entrenchments will be excepted from the above rule, and be 
subject to the use and control of the Brigadier on whose camping 
ground they happen to be. 

Great care must be taken from the beginning in keeping accounts 
of rents, &c., and special instructions will be given on this point. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Orders No 59 I HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS i\o. oJ. I Memphis, July 22, 1S62. 

The following rules will be adopted respecting officers' and 
soldiers' passes : Each Colonel of an Infantry regiment may grant 
two passes per company, or twenty per regiment. Each Captain 
of an Artillery company may grant three passes, all to be counter- 
signed by the Brigadier himself or his Chief of Staff. Commanders 
of Cavalry regiments may grant passes at the rate of two per com- 
pany. All passes to be run for twenty four hours j and soldiers 



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having such passes must be neatly dressed and wear their waist-belts 
and bayonets or side-arms. Officers' passes to be granted in like 
manner, not more than five officers per regiment. Whenever it 
becomes necessary to send armed patrols, or even a single soldier, a 
written order, countersigned by the Brigadier or his Staff officer, 
should be made, specifying the duty on which the party is sent, 
which order will be respected by the Provost Marshal. 

The orderlies and carriers of mails may have Brigadiers' passes, 
stating their character and duties, which will be respected by the 
Provost Guard. 

All soldiers and officers found in the city without such written 
authority will be arrested and confined, and sent the next morning 
and turned over to the guard of General McDowell's Brigade to be 
put to work on the fortifications. 

Trains of wagons sent for stores or provisions, and horses sent to 
water in proper order, need not have passes, but should the drivers 
and guards or riders leave their proper places they will be treated 
as other stragglers. 

By order of Major General ^Y. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



n ..., o M rn 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

Orders No. 60. | Memphis, Texn., Julj/ 22, 1862. 

Whilst negroes are employed on public works, fortifications, 
driving teams and such public work, they will be subsisted by the 
officer in charge by a provision return specifying number and how 
employed, which returns must be approved at Headquarters. As 
the negro receives no specific wages the Commissary may issue to 
the negroes at the rate of one pound of chewing tobacco per month, 
the bills of purchase for which are to be sent to the Chief Engineer 
of the District for payment. 

The Engineer in charge of the fort will purchase necessary cloth- 
ing, such as shoes and jjants, for the negroes, and issue to them, 
keeping an accurate account of the issues that the value of the 
clothing may be charged to the proper party on the final settlement 
of accounts. The bills of purchase will be sent to the Chief Engi- 
neer of the District for payment. 



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A register and time table of the negroes employed on tlie fort 
will be kept by the Engineer in charge, or by some one under his 
orders, giving the name and description of the negro, whether a 
slave or refugee, and the name of master, that a fair and equitable 
settlement may be made at the " end of the war." 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 61. }■ army of the Tennessee, 

Memphis, July 24, 1862. 



Travel into and out of Memphis by carriage, wagon, horse, or on 
foot, in the usual course of business, will be as free and unobstructed 
as is consistent with a state of war. To farmers, planters, and 
business men, with their families and servants, free intercourse will 
be permitted loithout passes or any hindrance, save the right of 
examination, and even search, when the ofEcer-of-the-guard judges 
it proper and necessary. 

This travel must be by daylight, and no exception to this rule will 
be permitted save to market and supply carts which may enter an 
hour before day, provided they are known to the officer- of-the-guard. 
Wagons leaving town with an undue proportion of any one article 
of commodity will be stopped, and if found engaged in illicit trade 
or deception, the road guard will send it to his Brigadier, who will 
take the wagon and contents, and imprison the parties implicated if 
he entertain even strong suspicion. 

Travel is limited to the following roads — 

1. Raleigh road. 

2. State Line road. 

3. Pigeon Roost or Bihalia road. 

4. Hernando road. 

5. Horn Lake road. 

A small guard charged with this duty will be stationed on each of 
these roads about three miles from the city at some house by the 
roadside, where all travelers will pause or stop till they receive a 
signal to pass. Written instructions from Headquarters will be given 



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from time to time to these guards, and when any officer announces 
to a traveler his decision, it must be instantly obeyed, however 
inconsistent it may appear with the spirit of this order. 

Cavalry patrols and pickets and Infantry guards posted for other 
purposes, will not molest the regular travel, but all such pickets and 
guards will promptly arrest and send to the Provost Marshal all 
persons attempting to enter or depart by any other road and at any 
other time or manner than is herein prescribed. 

Brigadier General Hurlbut is charged with the execution of this 
order as to the Horn Lake road, the Hernando and Pigeon Roost 
roads : and Brigadier General Smith as to the State Line and Raleigh 
roads. Details of one commissioned and one non-commissioned 
officer and three men will be sufficient for each road — details per- 
manent or weekly, at the pleasure of the Brigadier, who will 
strengthen the guard under special instructions, or when in his 
judgment it should be necessary. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Gexeral Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

No. 62. / Memphis, Tenn., July 24, 1802. 

The following is announced as the stations of the troops in and 
near Memphis : — 

General Denver's Brigade— in the south half of Fort Pickering, 
facing east. 

Colonel McDowell's Brigade — in the north half of Fort Pickering, 
facing east. 

General Smith — on the State Line road, about three miles out 
from Memphis, facing east, with a regiment detached to the right 
and left, having easy communications to Brigade Headquarters. 

General Veatch's Brigade — south of Fort Pickering, on a line 
extending from the Horn Lake road to the river, facing south. 

General Lauman's Brigade — nearly on a line with General 
Veatch's, toward the east, with its left resting on or near the Her- 
nando road, facing south. 

General Hurlbut is charged with guarding the front from the river 
round by the south and east to the Charleston and Memphis railroad. 



Brigadier General Smith is charged with the front from Wolf 
River to the Charleston and Memphis railroad, connecting with 
General Hurlbut there, at some point hereafter to be designated by 
the General commanding in person. One regiment, to be detailed 
from General Denver's and McDowell's Brigades weekly and alter- 
nately, will be quartered in the city to act under special instructions 
as a Provost Guard, General Denver making the first detail to-day. 
Each Brigade (excepting the Brigades in the fort) will furnish a 
daily guard of at least two hundred men, with a due proportion of 
officers and a Brigade officer-of-theday. This guard, under the 
direction of their respective Brigadiers, will be posted at some 
strong position, to be changed from time to time, at least one mile 
from their Brigade fronts. From this main guard will be sent for- 
ward, another mile, picket guards to watch roads, paths, or any 
manner of approach, with vedettes along such avenues of approach. 
From the main Brigade guards, under the direction of their respect- 
ive officers-of-the-day, will also be frequently sent out active patrols, 
to visit the advance pickets and vedettes, and to scour the country 
between the Brigade pickets. Such patrols must always be compact 
military bodies furnished with the countersign, that no accident may 
occur from contact with other guards and patrols. All guards and 
pickets will be subject to the inspection, visit, and control of a 
general officer-of the-day, to be detailed daily from Headquarters. 

(jleneral Hurlbut will regulate his Cavalry pickets and patrols and 
cause them to be advanced well toward the Nonconnat. 

The 4th Hlinois Cavalry is hereby attached for picket duty to 
General's Smith's Brigade, who will cause it to picket and scout 
well the country forward toward White's station on the State Line 
road. 

The Commanding General will use the reserve Cavalry for scout- 
ing in all directions, but this must not be any excuse for relaxation 
on the part of the officers hereinbefore named. Every officer in 
command of a regiment or detachment will now see that his men 
are well provided with clothing, provisions, arms, ammunition, can- 
teens, haversacks, and everything which his own experience has 
shown him is necessary for the efficiency of the soldier. Every 
sentinel must be fully armed and equipped, and to this end regular 
guard mountings and inspections must precede the posting of all 
guards. Officers-of-the-day and commanders of guards have a right. 



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and should not hesitate to exercise it, of refusing men improperly 
dressed or equipped. Their duties are very important, and they 
should see that their details are composed of good men, properly 
provided in all respects. 

All officers of this command must now study their books. Ignor- 
ance of duty must no longer be pleaded. The Commanding Gen- 
eral has the power at any time to order a Board to examine the 
acquirements and capacity of any officer, and he will not fail to 
exercise it. Should any officer, high or low, after the opportunity 
and experience we have had, be ignorant of his Tactics, Regulations, 
or even of the principles of the Articles of AVar, (Mahon and 
Jomini,) it would be a lasting disgrace. 

By order of Major General AV. T, Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

No. 65. j Memphis, Texx., August 4, 1862. 

Colonels of regiments and commanders of detachments of Cav- 
alry and Artillery will at once prepare a list of all soldiers in this 
command who may have been captured by the enemy and paroled, 
to the end that they may be ordered to Benton Barracks, Missouri. 
Descriptive rolls, with note of last payment, will accompany each 
list. These lists should be at Headquarters on or before Saturday 
next. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

>- ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 67. J Memphis, August 8, 1862. 

Inasmuch as by law of Congress, recently enacted, the President 
of the United States is authorized to receive and employ the labor 
of slaves or fugitives from slavery, and as such fugitives are coming 



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to our camps seeking protection, the following rules will be observed 
at or near Memphis until the President prescribes others, when these 
will necessarily be superseded and made to conform to the pleasure 
of the President: — 

I... All able-bodied negroes, who apply for work at Fort Pickering, 
will be received and put to work by the Engineer in charge, Captain 
Koepner. The names of owners and slaves will be registered, with 
date of commencement of work, and a general description by which 
the negroes can be known. Such negroes will be entitled to rations, 
to be drawn on provision returns similar to those used for soldiers, 
and will be supplied with necessary clothing, and tobacco at the rate 
of one pound per month. An account will be opened with each 
negro, and his wages will be charged with the value of the clothing 
and tobacco, but no wages will be paid until the courts determine 
whether the negro be slave or free. The negroes emplo^^ed on the 
fort are working as laborers, and will be allowed to return to their 
masters or mistresses at the close of any week, but masters or mis- 
tresses cannot be allowed to enter the fort in search of their slaves, 
because it is improper that any one not belonging to the garrison 
should enter Fort Pickering, or even follow its lines and ditches on 
the outside. A list of negroes so employed will be kept at Head- 
quarters, which may be seen by parties interested. 

II. ..The Post Quartermaster, Captain Fitch, will, in like manner, 
employ a force of about one hundred negroes out of those who 
apply to him for work, or he may, on occasions, take by force, when 
he thinks it absolutely necessary to have an increased force work 
on the levee, loading and unloading steamboats, coal boats, and 
such like labor ; a list of whom, similar to that referred to in para- 
graph I, will be kept by the Quartermaster, and a copy sent to 
Headquarters for reference. These will in like manner be entitled 
to rations, necessary clothing, and tobacco, but the pay must be 
reserved until the proper judicial tribunals determine to whom such 
labor and wages belong. 

Til... Division Quartermasters may employ fugitives to drive teams 
and attend to horses, mules, and cattle, keeping accurate accounts 
under the rules of their department applicable to "persons and 
articles employed and hired," and subject to the condition of para- 
graph I of this order ; this list of persons so employed to be sent to 



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Headquarters for reference. The number of negroes so hired not 
to exceed one per team, and one to every six span of animals herded 
or stabled. 

IV. ..The commanders of regiments may cause to be employed as 
cooks and company teamsters, not to exceed five per company, and 
ten per regiment for extra wagons, and five for staff wagons ; in all 
sixty-five per regiment, which negroes shall be borne on the muster- 
rolls and supplied with provisions and clothing as soldiers, but in 
no case will they bear arms or wear the uniform. The Quarter- 
master of the Division will supply the Regimental Quartermasters 
with clothing suitable for such negroes, an account of which will be 
kept separate and distinct from that of the soldiers. These negroes 
must be kept to their appropriate duties and places, and the question 
of wages must remain open and unsettled until the orders of the 
President are received, or until fixed by subsequent regulations. 

v.. .The Commanding General here thinks proper to make known 
to the people of Memphis the principles by which, in the absence 
of instructions from his superior officer, he will be governed in all 
cases arising under these complicated questions. It is neither his 
duty nor his pleasure to disturb the relation of master and slave. 
That is for the courts which having been destroyed here by our enemy 
are inoperative for the present. But in the due course of events, 
there must and will be tribunals re-establised here that will judge 
and decide in cases which have already arisen or may arise under 
the laws and Constitution of the United States. Then loyal masters 
will recover their slaves and the wages they have earned during their 
temporary use by the military authorities, but it is understood that 
masters who are in open hostility to the Constitution of their country 
will lose their slaves, the title to whom only exists by force of that 
very Constitution they seek to destroy. No influence must be used 
to entice slaves from their masters, and if fugitives desire to return 
to their masters they will be permitted to do so, but on the other 
hand, no force or undue persuasion will be permitted to recover such 
fugitive property. 

OflBcers of the army, from Generals to Lieutenants, must not 
employ such fugitives for servants. The Government provides to 
each officer a distinct pay for his servant, and this is ample for the 
hire of a free man. Were we to employ such fugitives as servants, 



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our motives would be misconstrued, whereas their employment by 
the Government is in pursuance of law, is clearly within the rules 
of war, and will increase our effective force by the number of negroes 
so employed. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
No. 68. J MEMPHIS, TENN., August 11, 1862. 

The following orders have been received from Department Head- 
quarters and are published for the benefit of all concerned : — 

" In pursuance of orders from the Headquarters of the Army at Washington, 
all restrictions on the sale of cotton, and prohibition of the payment of gold 
therefor, are hereby annulled. Every facility possible will be afforded for 
getting cotton to market. 

" By order of Major General U. S. Grant: 

"(Signed) JOHN A. RAWLINS, 

"Assistant Adjutant GeneraV 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 

[ army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 70. I Memphis, August 12, 1862. 

The Commanding General at Memphis has seen in the newspapers 
the copy of an order, dated War Department, Washington, July 31, 
1862, on the subject of absences without proper authority on the 
part of officers and soldiers from their proper posts and regiments, 
which substantially conforms to the orders heretofore issued to this 
Division on the subject of reporting as deserters all who are absent 
from their posts and regiments, and convinced that said order is 
genuine, the following parts thereof are hereby published and will 
be complied with by all divisions, brigades, regiments, and detach- 
ments stationed at or near Memphis : — 



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"WAR DEPARTMENT, 

" Washington, July 31, 1862. 

"The absence of officers and privates from their duty, under various pre- 
texts, vphile receiving pay at great expense and burden to the Government, 
makes it necessary that efficient measures should be taken to enforce their 
return to duty, or that their places be supplied by those who will not take pay 
while rendering no service. This evil, moreover, tends greatly to discourage 
the patriotic impulse of those who would contribute to support the families of 
future soldiers. 

"It is therefore ordered by the President, that on Monday, the eleventh day 
of August, all leaves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, unless 
by the War Department, are revoked and absolutely annulled; and all officers 
capable of service are required to join their regiments, under penalty of dis- 
missal from the service, or such penalty as a court martial may award, unless 
the absenee be occasioned by a lawful cause. 

"II. ..The only excuse allowed for the absence of officers or privates from 
duty, after the eleventh day of August, are: first, the order of leave of the 
War Department; second, disability from wounds received in service; third, 
disabilities from disease that render the party unfit for military duty. But 
any officer or private whose health permits him to visit watering places, or 
places of amusement, or make social visits, or walk about the town or city, or 
country in whicli he may be, will be considered fit for military duty and as 
evading his duty by absence from his command or the ranks. 

"III. ..On Monday, the 18th day of August, at 10 o'clock a. m., each regiment 
and corps shall be mustered. The absentees will be marked, three lists of 
the same made out, and, within forty-eight hours after the mustering, one 
copy shall be sent to the Adjutant General of the Army, and one to the com- 
mander of the corps, the third is to be retained ; and all officers and privates 
fit for duty, absent at that time, shall be regarded as absent without cause; 
their pay will be stopped, and they will be dismissed from the service, or 
treated as deserters, unless restored; and no officer shall be restored to his 
rank unless, by the judgment of a court of inquiry, to be approved by the 
President, he shall establish that his absence was not without cause." 

II... Commanders of divisions or brigades will designate some 
one or more officers of their stafiP as mustering and inspecting 
officers, and by themselves or such inspectors will, on the 18th day 
of August instant, carefully muster each company of their respective 
commands. The Chiefs of Artillery and Cavalry, and the com- 
mander of each detachment unassigned to the regular brigades, will, 
in like manner, carefully muster or cause to be mustered their com- 
mand, and make and transmit the rolls as required by said order. 

III... All orders heretofore issued from these Headquarters on this 
subject are hereby modified so as to conform to the foregoing orders, 
and all officers and soldiers heretofore reported " deserted " on the 



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muster roll of June 30, 1862, are hereby declared pardoned as to 
such muster, and those only will be treated and considered as 
deserters who remain absent at the muster of August, 18th instant. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
No. 72. / Memphis, August 14, 1862. 

Major Fisher, 54th Ohio Volunteers, and Captain Littlefield, 
Provost Marshal of General Hurlbut's Division, are announced as 
Assistant Provost Marshals of Memphis, and will report for duty to 
Colonel Anthony. More attention will be given to the quiet and 
good order of soldiers on the streets. The Assistant Provost 
Marshals and the patrols and guards sent out by them have the 
power and right to suppress all riots and nuisances. Any house 
where noise, drunkenness and fighting are either going on or likely 
to occur is a military nuisance, and will be suppressed by the seizure 
of its contents, and the delivery of the liquors to the hospital 
department. If the nuisance cannot thus be suppressed the house 
will be burned or pulled down, according to its position. Any 
Brigade Provost Marshal may suppress a nuisance in the vicinity 
of his brigade, but no house will be pulled down or burned without 
the written order of the Commanding General, the Provost Marshal 
or the commander of a brigade. Riots on the street will be promptly 
suppressed by blows, the bayonet, or firing when necessary. Of 
course the military are not bound by the licenses issued by the city 
authorities, as licenses are designed for revenue and not to sanction 
or encourage crimes and nuisances. 

II. ..In consequence of the abuse of the privilege, passes given to 
officers and soldiers are hereby limited to the time between guard 
mounting in the morning and tattoo at night. When an officer or 
soldier wishes to remain absent from his regiment and stay in the 
city over night he must obtain from his commanding officer and his 
Brigadier a special leave of absence, specifying the reasons of his 
visit to the city. All officers and soldiers found by the Provost 
Guard in the city without passes at any time, or after ten o'clock at 



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night without special leave from their Brigadiers, will be arrested 
and confined for the night, and sent in the morning to the guard of 
Colonel McDowell's Brigade — soldiers to work on the fortifications 
one week, officers to be confined to their tents in arrest. Written 
lists, with charges, should accompany each batch of prisoners thus 
arrested, and be sent with them to the fort. It is hereby made the 
duty of the Brigade Commander of the '2d Brigade, oth Division, 
to organize his guard so as to compel all prisoners confined under 
this order, as well as such as are or may be sentenced to work by 
regimental or general court martial, to labor nine hours each day 
on lihe fortifications. He will cause his guard-house to be carefully 
repaired and reconstructed, so as to enable the officer of his guard 
to confine prisoners safely and to control their food. Prisoners who 
will not work are not entitled to rations and must be put on short 
diet. 

III. ..The regiment of Infantry on duty as Provost Guard in the 
city, and the Cavalry detailed for the same purpose, are hereby 
declared to be on guard duty the time of their detail, and are subject 
to the conditions of the 4.5th Article of A\^ar. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



] HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 73. > army of the Tennessee, 

j Memphis, August 25, 1862. 

In pursuance of General Order No. 73, Headquarters District of 
West Tennessee, Corinth, Mississippi, August 12, 1862, Major W. 
D. Sanger, Aide-de-Camp, is hereby appointed mustering officer to 
carry out the provisions of the above order contained in paragraphs 
1 and 6. Commanders of brigades and Cavalry will at once send 
in lists of such bands and officers as may require attention under 
this order. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
Orders No. 75. [- army of the Tennessee, 

Memphis^ August 29, 1862. 

The troops at Memphis will be mustered for payment on the 31st 
instant under the direction of their respective Brigade Commanders. 

The Artillery and Cavalry will be mustered by their Chiefs of 
Artillery and Cavalry. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



n T.. cxr^ -Q 1 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS .NO. /y. V Memphis, September 15, 1862. 

Colonels of regiments and commanders of Cavalry, Artillery and 
detached companies at or near Memphis, will forthwith report to 
these Headquarters the names of all officers of Volunteers who have 
been absent from the regiments or companies for a period exceeding 
sixty days, from any cause whatever, embracing those who are 
absent on account of wounds received or sickness contracted in 
service, to the end that they may be discharged under the provisions 
of General Order No. 100, from the War Department, under date 
of August 11, 1862, just received. 

All commanders of Volunteer regiments should keep the Gover- 
nors of their respective States advised of all vacancies, present or 
prospective, in their commands, and also supply them with a list of 
names from among their meritorious soldiers, with recommendations 
that they be promoted to fill such present and prospective vacancies. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Order. No 89 \ HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, 
URDERS iNo. «2. I Memphis, September 15, 1862. 

All seizures of personal property, contraband or otherwise, by 
brigade guard and pickets, Provost Guard, or other parties in the 
service of the United States, will hereafter be sent to the Provost 



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Marshal's office, who will forthwith, after entering the same in his 
register of such property, turn the same over to the Post Quarter- 
master, taking his duplicate receipt therefor, one of which will be 
sent to the Quartermaster General. The Provost Marshal will cau- 
tion the Post Quartermaster not to part with the horses, saddles, 
mules, &c., of prisoners taken, until after a trial, if a doubt exists 
as to whether they are certainly confiscated, in which cases such 
horses, &c., may be used, but not issued to regiments until after 
conviction. 

The Post Quartermaster will keep a separate account of all such 
seizures, and will issue them to the Department to which they may 
be appropriate : arms and ammunition to the Ordnance officer ; 
provisions to the Division Commissary; medicines to the Division 
Surgeon, and wagons, carriages, horses, mules, harness, &c., he 
will transfer to other Quartermasters or take up on his own returns 
according to the necessities of services ; the object being to place 
all captured property in the hands of a proper Government agent in 
the first instance, that it may be traced. The Quartermaster may 
give preference to the brigade or regiment that effect the capture 
and seizure, provided that there be no other more pressing demand. 
But any officer or soldier who takes and appropriates to his own use 
or that of his associates any horse, wagon, or other article of cap- 
tured property, will be deemed guilty of peculation or pillage, and 
tried by a general court martial. 

Any officer or soldier who now has possession of any property 
hitherto captured of the enemy or of persons trying to evade our 
police regulations, will, through his Brigade Quartermaster or com- 
manding officer, see that the same is turned in as above directed, 
and may afterwards draw it according to the Army Regulations if 
so entitled. The Government of the United States pays its agents 
salaries, which compensates them in full, and the Government is, of 
course, entitled to the benefit of all property captured of the enemy. 
If any articles be captured, such as are not needed by any one of the 
Army Departments, the Post Quartermaster will submit a list of the 
same from time to time to the commanding officer, who will order the 
sale thereof at Memphis, Saint Louis, or elsewhere, but no sale will 
be valid without such order. 

All requisitions for captured property must be approved the same 
as if the articles had been procured by purchase. 



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The Provost Marshal, if in need of money or property, will make 
accounts against the Government, which accounts, when approved 
by the Commanding General, will be paid by the Post Quartermas- 
ter and charged against the fund in his hands arising from sale as 
above or the rents of houses seized for account of the Government. 
But in no event will the Provost Marshal, or any one in his employ, 
sell, convert, or give away any article whatever coming into his 
possession from the Provost Guard or from any of the guards, 
pickets or sentinels of the command. When rewards are offered, 
they can be paid as other accounts and not otherwise. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

[■ DISTRICT WEST TENNESSEE, 

No. 88. J Memphis, October 16, 1862. 

The Engineer in charge of Fort Pickering will lay off a plat of 
ground of about three acres at some suitable point south or east of 
the fort for a cemetery, and will inclose it with a good stout fence with 
strong gates. The lines should conform, as near as may be, to the 
streets and lanes of the survey of the city of Memphis in order that 
the ownership of the property may be ascertained at some future 
time. 

2. Hereafter all interments of soldiers or employees about the 
fort will be made in the fort cemetery, and the bodies which have 
been buried outside the fort will be removed to the cemetery. 
Whenever a soldier dies the Colonel of his regiment will make requi- 
sition on the Quartermaster for the necessary lumber, and will see 
that each grave of his men is marked with a suitable headboard. 
All funerals must be conducted strictly according to the Army 
Regulations. 

Interments for the general hospital will be made at Elm wood as 
heretofore. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

y ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 90. J Memphis, October 25, 1862. 

To insure harmony in the administration of government in the 
Division of Memphis, the following modifications and changes are 
made and published for the information of all concerned : — 

1. Colonel D. C. Anthony is announced as the Provost Marshal 
for the City and Division of Memphis, with Major Williard and 
Lieutenant Edwards as assistants— office on Court street, corner of 
third. One regiment of Infantry and a squadron of Cavalry will 
compose the Provost Guard — headquarters in the Irving Block, 
Second street, opposite Court Square. 

This guard will be distributed according to the orders of the 
Provost Marshal, and will receive their instructions from him. 

A Military Commission composed of three officers of the army 
will set daily at the office of the Provost Marshal and will try all 
offenders under the laws of war. Their sentences, when approved 
by the Commanding General, will be executed by the Provost 
Marshal. 

2. The city police, composed of one hundred men, will also be 
under the orders and supervision of the Provost Marshal. He will 
muster and inspect them and satisfy himself that the officers are 
competent, and that the men are sober, industrious and of good 
reputation. He will require each and every one to take the oath of 
allegiance prescribed by the Congress of the United States. He 
will, on consultation with the chief of police, divide them into a 
day and night watch, assigning to each a beat or district for which 
he will be held responsible. If a burglary, robbery, riot or disturb- 
ance of the peace occurs on any beat, the policeman will be forth- 
with suspended from duty and pay, and be tried by the Military 
Commission or recorder of the city for complicity or neglect, and 
on the trial the burden of proof will rest with the accused to show 
that he w^as on his post and vigilant. If found guilty, he will be 
punished by dismissal from office, by fine, imprisonment, or such 
other penalty as the court may impose. The ai3pointment of the 
city police will remain as now with the city authorities, but should 
they fail to fill a vacancy within three days of a notice, the Provost 
Marshal will appoint a successor. Their payment will also be made 



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by the city treasurer, and all fines, penalties, and seizures made by 
the city recorder and police will as heretofore go to the city 
treasurer. 

3. All soldiers or officers arrested, or citizens taken by scouts, 
pickets or guards, will be sent to the Irving Block, and all offenders 
against the laws of the State of Tennessee, or the ordinances of the 
City of Memphis, will be sent to the city lock-up, at the corner of 
Third and Adams streets. Military prisoners will be sent under 
guard daily to their respective brigades. Offenders against military 
law or order will be tried by the Military Commission ; all other 
offenders will as heretofore be tried by the city recorder. 

4. Soldiers will not be arrested by the city police unless detected 
in the actual commission of crime, when they will be taken to the 
nearest camp or Provost Guard. But if any unlawful assemblage 
of soldiers or stragglers from camp is discovered, it is the duty of 
the police to send prompt notice to the nearest military guard. 

5. Citizens detected in the commission of any' grade of crime 
will be arrested by any guard, civil or military, and all vagrants, 
thieves, or men of bad reputation, having no visible means of 
support, or who are known to be dangerous persons to the peace 
and quiet of the community, will be restrained of liberty and 
organized into a gang to work on the trenches, roads, or public 
streets, under the direction of the chief of police or Provost 
Marshal, at the latters direction. 

6. Citizens found lurking about the camps or military lines will 
be arrested and treated as spies. None will by day approach Fort 
Pickering nearer than Headquarters, on Tennessee street, or the 
Horn Lake road ; and by night are cautioned that the sentinels 
have loaded muskets and are ordered to use them if persons are 
found lurking, under suspicious circumstances, near their posts. 

7. All citizens will keep to their houses at night, between tattoo 
and reveille, unless attending church, a place of amusement, a party 
of friends, or on necessary business, in which cases they will return 
to their houses by the proper streets. After midnight all must be in 
their houses, except the proper guards, watchmen, or patrols. If 
found in alleys, by-ways, lots not their own, or unusual places, they 
will be locked up for the night. 



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8. Negroes will be subject to laws of the State and to city ordi- 
nances applicable to free negroes. They can work at any trade or 
calling, hire out, or, if they choose, return to their former masters, 
but no force will be used one way or the other. Soldiers not on 
duty should not meddle in this matter, but guards and sentinels on 
duty will assist all who appeal to them for protection against violence 
or undue force. Assemblages of negroes are prohibited, except on 
permission previously granted by the Provost Marshal, setting forth 
the object, place, time of closing, and probable number to be assem- 
bled. If, however, they commit crime of any kind, theft, robbery, 
violence, or trespass on property, they must be punished according 
to law. 

9. The object and purpose of this order is to punish or restrain 
all disorders or crimes against the peace and dignity of this com- 
munity. In time of war the military authorities must of necessity 
be superior to the civil, but all officers and soldiers must remember 
that this state of war is but temporary, and the time must come 
when the civil will resume its full power in the administration of 
justice in all parts of the country. 

The interest and laws of the United States must be paramount to 
all others, but so far as the laws, ordinances and performances of 
the people of this community are consistent with those of the 
General Government, they should be respected. The Provost 
Marshal and city council will make all proper rules necessary to 
carry this order into effect and make them public. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General Commanding. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 

y DEPARTMEXT OF THE TENNKSSEE, 

No. 92. J Memphis, October 28, 1862. 

The troops at and near Memphis will be mustered for pay and 
inspected by their respective Brigadiers and the Chiefs of Artillery 
and Cavalry on the 31st instant. Each mustering officer will make 
to the Commanding General a special report of inspection, and will 
pay particular attention to the organization of each regiment of 
Infantry and company of Cavalry and Artillery, that the rolls are 
in strict conformity with the organization prescribed by General 
Orders No. 126, issued from the War Department on the 6th of 



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September, 1862. In troops of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery, 
when chief trumpters, saddlers, farriers, wagoners, teamsters, 
blacksmiths and artificers are in excess of organization, it will be 
particularly stated whether they are mustered into the service as 
such, or as privates, detailed from companies to serve in their 
present positions. 

Major W. D. Sanger, Aide-de-Camp, is appointed to assist the 
various Colonels of regiments and Captains of Cavalry and Artillery 
in preparing their rolls, and may at any time be consulted on their 
business at General Headquarters. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS. 



General Okder^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, 

No. 93. J Memphis, November 12, 1862. 

The troops now at Meaiphis, and arriving, will be arranged into 
five Brigades: — 

1st Brigade — Brigadier General M. L. Smith. 
8th Missouri, Colonel Giles A. Smith. 
6th Missouri, Colonel Peter E. Bland. 
113th niinois. Colonel George B, Hoge. 
54th Ohio, Colonel T. Kilby Smith. 
120th Illinois, Colonel G. W. McKeaig. 

Sd Brigade— Brigadier General J. W. Denver. 
48lh Ohio, Colonel P. J. Sullivan. 
53d Ohio, Colonel W. S. Jones. 
70th Ohio, Colonel J. R. Cockerill. 

2d Brigade— Colonel J. Adair McDoioell. 
6th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Corse. 
40th Illinois, Colonel J. W. Booth. 
46th Ohio, Colonel C. C. Walcutt. 
13th U. S. Infantry, Major D. Chase. 



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Ath Brigade — Colonel David Stuart. 

55th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel 0. Malmborg. 

57th Ohio, Colonel W. Mungen. 

83d Indiana, Colonel Spooner. 

116th Illinois, Colonel Tupper. 

127th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge. 

5th Brigade — Colonel R. P. Buckland. 

72d Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel D. \V. C. London. 

32d Wisconsin, Colonel J. H. Howe. 

93d Indiana, Colonel Thomas. 

93d Illinois, Major Q. M. Fisher, commanding. 

The Brigades will be arranged into two Divisions. 

15^ Division — Brigadier General Denver commanding — 2d, 3d, 
and 5th Brigades. General Denver will have his Headquarters in 
Fort Pickering, will be considered the commander thereof, and will 
give all necessary orders for its guard, police, &c. 

2d Division — Brigadier General M. L. Smith commanding — 1st 
and 4th Brigades. General Smith will be considered specially in 
command of the outer lines, and will give his attention to the loca- 
tion of camps, their police and discipline. Headquarters on Poplar 
street. 

II. ..All the troops at Memphis will prepare at once for field 
service. Each regiment will reduce its baggage and transportation 
to the standard fixed in General Orders No. 160, from the Head- 
quarters of the Army, and will pay special attention to their arms, 
ammunition and equipments. 

III. ..The 1st Division will draw its supplies of provisions from 
Captain Morton, Commissary Subsistence, in the warehouse at Fort 
Pickering. The 2d Division will draw its supplies from Captain 
Hinsdale, Commissary Subsistence, on board the wharf boat. Quart- 
ermaster and Ordnance supplies will as heretofore be drawn from 
Captain J. Condit Smith, Assistant Quartermaster, and from Captain 
Neely, Ordnance officer, Fort Pickering. Captain H. S. Fitch is 
announced as Post Quartermaster, specially charged with the 
administration of his Department of Memphis, and Captain Swain, 



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Assistant Quartermaster, is charged with the transportation depart- 
ment and such other duties as may be assigned to him. 

IV. ..The regiments to arrive will be assigned to brigades to fill up 
the blanks in the brigades, and will at once report to their respective 
Brigadiers, who will at once instruct them in their duties. 

v.. .Commanders of divisions and brigades will at once fill their 
respective staffs, and announce their names and offices in orders. 
All such staff officers must be well mounted, and if they be not 
entitled by law to horses, their commanders will make the necessary 
requisitions for approval and order at these Headquarters. Officers 
acting as staff officers, and mounted orderlies, are entitled to forage 
drawn on returns the same as officers and men of like rank in the 
Cavalry service. 

VI.. .The Commanding General expects all officers now to vie 
with each other in the display of soldierly zeal, for all have now had 
most valuable experience under all the circumstances to which 
soldiers are usually exposed. liCt all marches and military move- 
ments be conducted in compact, good order, in cheerfulness and 
silence, and honor and fame will be our certain reward. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, 

No. 96. J Memphis, November 23, 1862. 

I. ..Brigadier General Lauman, having reported for duty, is 
assigned to the command of the 6th Brigade. The 5th and 6th 
Brigades will constitute the 3d Division, under command of Briga- 
dier General Lauman. 

II. ..The commander of each of the Divisions will detail one regi- 
ment from his division to remain at Memphis, to compose the gar- 
rison of Fort Pickering. The regiment from the 1st Division will 
occupy the right flank, that of the 2d Division to occupy the left 
flank, and that of the 3d Division the centre within the cavalier. 



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Each Division Commander will also cause all the sick in hospital 
to be transferred to the general hospital, and the sick in quarters to 
be organized into one or more companies, under command of invalid 
officers, to remain at Fort Pickering as a part of its garrison. 

III. ..The Post Quartermaster will forthwith provide a suitable 
storehouse in which to receive all surplus baggage of the regiments 
about to march, and commanders of regiments will forthwith reduce 
their baggage to the minimum prescribed by General Orders No. 3, 
Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, November 1, 1862, 
and be prepared to march on Wednesday morning, the 26th instant. 

IV. ..Each regiment will provide itself with five days' rations, 
and ammunition at the rate of 200 cartridges per man. The Chief 
of Artillery will assign three field batteries to each division, and the 
6th Illinois Cavalry will attach its train to that of the 1st Division, 
and will move under the immediate order of the Commanding Gen- 
eral. The Quartermaster will at once organize all army wagons, 
not belonging to regiments on the march, into three trains of about 
equal numbers to accompany the three Army Divisions. These will 
be loaded with provisions and be ready to move on Wednesday 
morning. The train for the 1st Division will be parked in front of 
the fort, prepared to move by Jackson street ; that for the 2d Divi- 
sion on Poplar street near General Smith's Headquarters, and that 
for the od Division south of the fort near the camp of the 32d Wis- 
consin ; each to be careful to leave the road clear. 

v.. .The Chief Quartermaster may seize any wagon or carriage or 
other vehicle, suitable for the transportation of stores or sick, to be 
added to the train. Forage will be obtained in the same manner as 
during the march last summer, viz : Brigade Quartermasters or 
Commissaries will take from the farmers and planters, giving a 
memorandum receipt, which receipt will be taken up by the Chief 
Quartermaster or Commissary by loyalty vouchers. Pillage or 
robbery by the soldiers or subordinate officers must be promptly 
checked and punished. The route of march and destination will 
be confided to the Commanders of Divisions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders) HEADQUARTERS 

DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, 



No. 97. j Memphis, November 25, 1862. 

First daif s march. 

General Denver moves, by the Pigeon Roost road, out Vance 
street, crosses Nonconnah and camps fourteen or fifteen miles out. 
General Smith marches out Poplar street and State Line road to 
Germantown. General Lauman marches out Hernando road to the 
cross road beyond Anderson, turns east and makes — say thirteen 
miles. 

Second day^s march. 

General Denver moves on the Pigeon Roost road to Bihalia, 
fourteen miles. General Smith moves from Germantown to Bihalia, 
camping on the left of Denver. General Lauman moves up to 
Pigeon Roost road and follows Denver, camping on his right rear. 

Third day^s mai'ch. 

General Denver leads on the Tchullahomma road, about twelve 
miles across Pigeon Roost Creek. General Lauman follows Denver 
and encamps to his right rear. General Smith follows Lauman and 
encamps to his left rear. 

Fourth day's march. 

General Denvar moves into Tchullahomma. General Lauman 
follows and encamps on his right. General Smith follows and 
encamps on his left. 

Cavalry. 

Four companies to accompany Lauman ; eight companies keep 
with the main centre, and, during the three days' march, will file to 
the left and communicate with Grant near Holly Springs or Lump- 
ken's Mill, seven miles south of Holly Springs. Each Division will 
have a good advance guard and flankers when necessary ; also a 
good guard for the train. 

By order of Major General VV. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Order) HEADQUARTERS, 

l DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, 

No. 2. J Army in the Field, November 29, 1862. 

• All citizens whatsoever, except those who are employed in the 
army, are hereby ordered to leave this command. 

It is further ordered that all women, including the wives of oflficers 
and men, shall also leave. 

The Major General commanding will send a train to Holly Springs, 
to which place the above persons and all unauthorized hangers-on 
must accompany it, and hereafter not be found in any camp under 
any pretext whatsoever. Letters and documents should go to Holly 
Springs at the same time. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



RIGHT WING-ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 

(VICKSBURG EXPEDITION.) 



Special Field Order | HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

>■ ARMY IX THE FIELD, 

No. 6. J Wi/att, Miss., December^, 1862. 

The General commmanding, having observed with pain and regret 
the non-observance on the part of many of orders promulgated to 
this command before leaving Memphis, directs that the following 
instructions be issued for the government of all parties concerned, 
and the officers to whom they are directed are held rigidly responsi- 
ble for their strict observance : — 

I. ..Division Quartermasters will immediately obtain the exact 
number of ambulances in their respective divisions, and will there- 
upon meet and make an equitable division, one to each regiment, 
massing the remainder into division trains. The Artillery and Cav- 
alry are alone excepted. 



II. ..Hereafter, every morning, when the array moves at any early 
hour, the Division Surgeons will inform themselves of the number 
of sick who of necessity must be transported, and will thereupon 
see to the placing of them in the Division train, leaving the regi- 
mental ambulances empty for service during the day with their 
respective regiments. They will hold Regimental Surgeons to a 
strict accountability that none are permitted to ride who are improper 
cases for this indulgence. Men who are temporarily exhausted 
must, when rested, give place to others, as it is not intended to 
transport this army to the scene of action in ambulances. No 
knapsacks, or muskets, or forage must be put into the ambulances, 
which will be kept strictly for the uses declared by Array Regula- 
tions and General Orders, viz: transportation of the sick and 
wounded. To secure a strict observance of these orders. Division 
Surgeons will make from time to time on the march personal inspec- 
tion, and will detail an Assistant Surgeon to take charge, under their 
direction, of the Division train of ambulances. 

HI. ..Ambulances, medicine wagons, pannier mules and teamsters 
are in the charge of the Regimental and Division Quartermasters 
respectively, who are responsible for the condition of the vehicles, 
teams and drivers, and they will be under the orders of the Regi- 
mental and Division Surgeons respectively, who are responsible that 
they are made to subserve the interests of the service in the manner 
prescribed by Regulations and General Orders. 

IV. ..It will not be practicable to send sick to the rear as a general 
rule, and none will be sent when opportunity occurs without a report 
of their number, their regiment, and the circumstances rendering it 
necessary. It is not intended that this command shall melt away 
and be permitted to stay behind to serve out their time in general 
hospitals, without a record of their whereabouts, and precise infor- 
mation at these Headquarters as to the causes of their absence. 
Regimental Surgeons are instructed that they are to treat the sick 
in their regiments, and none must be sent away merely to get rid of 
them. Any want of attention or direliction of duty, if reported to 
these Headquarters, will be promptly noticed, and officers so reported 
will be recommended for dismissal from the service. The success 
of our arms depending so largely upon the healthy condition of the 
troops, it is expected that medical officers will use every effort to 



secure and maintain the highest possible state of health and efficiency 
in their respective commands. 

Strict conformity to these instructions is enjoined upon all parties 
concerned. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Order \ HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

No. 7. i Wyatt, December 3, 1862. 

Pursuant to orders from Major General Grant — 

It is ordered that Captains of companies shall inspect the cartridge 
boxes of their men every Sunday morning, and charge fifty cents 
on the muster roll against every man for each cartridge that he has 
wasted or damaged. 

This order will be immediately issued throughout all the regiments, 
and commanders of divisions, brigades and regiments will see that 
it is rigidly enforced. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Order) HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

I ARMY IN THE FIELD, 

No. 8. J Wyatt, December 4, 1862. 

Captain J. Condit Smith is announced as Chief Quartermaster 
of this army, and all Quartermasters will obey his orders and 
instructions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Order "I HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
No. 9. j Wyatt, December 4, 1862. 

I. ..The 6th Illinois Cavalry, Colonel Grierson, will move forward 
early to-morrow morning to College Hill, and there encamp. 



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II. ..The 2d Division, General Morgan L. Smith, will march to- 
morrow on the right hand Oxford road to a good camp on ihe other 
side of Hurricane Creek, near Bowles Mill. 

III. ..The 1st Division, General Denver, will follow, taking the 
left hand road, and proceeding to College Hill, there select a good 
camp. 

IV... General Denver's regimental train will then follow him. 

v.. .General Morgan L. Smith's regimental train will then follow 
to his camp. 

VI... General Lauman's Division will remain at Wyatt till the day 
after to-morrow, and then move to a camp on the left hand Oxford 
road, beyond and near Hurricane Creek, leaving one regiment at 
Wyatt to guard the Division trains and the bridge. 

Vri...Maps will be furnished each Division Commander, and, as 
the roads are very bad, every soldier must carry his knapsack and 
as much provision as possible. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : , 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders \ HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

No. 2. / College Hill, Miss., December 6, 1862. 

The indiscriminate and extensive plundering by our men calls for 
a summary and speedy change. Our mission is to maintain, not to 
violate all laws human and divine. 

Plundering is hurtful to our cause and to the honorable tone which 
should characterize the army of a great nation. 

I. ..The Government of the United States undertakes to pay, 
clothe and feed her troops well, and is prepared to do it. The 
officers and soldiers have no right to look to any other quarter for 
compensation or subsistence. 

By existing orders the Quartermasters and Commissaries of 
brigades may take corn fodder and any species of forage, and cattle, 
hogs, sheep, meal or any species of subsistence stores, which property 
they account for to the Government — to pay for the same or not, 
according to the loyalty of the owner. 



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Firewood can be taken by the troops from the standing or fallen 
timber, or even rails, when such timber is not to be had, but the 
taking of chickens, turkeys, pigs, or anything by soldiers is as much 
pillage and stealing as though committed in our own country, as 
these articles in fact belong to the Government of the United States, 
whose agents are present prepared to take them and issue to the 
troops as a part of their regular rations. 

II. ..Each Brigadier will hold the Colonel or commander of a regi- 
ment responsible, that, when any of his men leave their ranks and 
pillage, not only shall the stolen articles be turned in to the Brigade 
Quartermaster or Commissary, but the soldiers be punished by fine 
or otherwise, by sentence of a field officer 

III. ..Each Brigadier may detail any officer and a sufficient num- 
ber of men to forage, who will collect cattle, hogs, sheep, or any 
kind of subsistence, and also forage, which shall in all instances be 
receipted for by the proper accounting officer and issued to troops 
as part of their regular supplies. 

IY...On a march soldiers must never leave their ranks without 
the order of their Brigadier. If found out of their ranks, unless in 
the ambulances by order of the Surgeon, the Colonel will see that 
they are tried by a field officer as stragglers or pillagers. 

v.. .The firing of a gun is a false alarm and will be punished as 
such, and if any man is a mile from his camp, unless sent for water 
or on other duty, by the Articles of War, he must be very severely 
punished. Patrols sent out may fire on such men, as they are as 
much enemies of their country as the " secesh." 

VI... Colonels of regiments will cause the Articles of War to be 
read to their men now, and repeat it every month, and impress on 
them that they are employed to do the work of their Government 
and not their own will ; and that we are in a hostile country where 
large armies, though unseen, are manoeuvring for our destruction. 

To be ready we must act in concert, prepared to move in any 
direction at a moment's notice, and this would be impossible if men 
are allowed to roam about the country plundering at will. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders \ HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
No. 3. ( College Hill, December 9, 1862. 

1. The battalion of regulars, and a section of 20-pounder Parrott 
guns, commanded by Lieutenant Hart, are hereby attached to the 
2d Division, General M. L. Smith, and will proceed forthwith to 
join that Division at its camp. 

2. The 2d Division, General M. L. Smith, will take up its line of 
march towards Memphis, crossing the Tallahatchie and Wyatt's 
to-day, and await the arrival of the Commanding General. 

General Smith will turn over to General Lauman any surplus 
ammunition or stores with their wagons. 

3. The 1st and 3d Divisions, Generals Denver and Lauman, will 
make their consolidated reports, each separate, to General Grant's 
Headquarters, and the commander of each division will report by 
letter for orders to Colonel J. A. Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral, Oxford, Mississippi. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders "I HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

No. 5. / College Hill, December 9, 1862. 

General Sherman in taking leave of the officers and jnen of the 
1st and 3d Divisions of his command expresses his earnest regret 
that the necessities of war occasion this temporary separation. We 
have now been together since the eventful expedition up the Tennes- 
see River, and have slowly, but surely and steadily, advanced into 
the enemy's country, till we have broken one of their last barriers 
to our progress . 

The General thanks officers and men for their courage and patriot- 
ism, and feels assured that we will soon meet again under most happy 
auspices. 

We are all embarked in the same cause, venerate the same Con- 
stitution and Government, and march towards the same destination. 
Our routes are for a short time diflFerent, and he will watch with a 
feeling heart for the familiar colors of the regiments from whom he 
is thus temporarily separated. Until that time he bids all a heartfelt 



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good-bye. He assures the men and officers that their Generals study- 
by night and day the plans which lead to victorious results at the least 
cost of life, and they may go on with confidence and courage, assured 
that every step they take is on the certain road to success and glory. 
With wise counsels and unity of action our country must in the end 
rise from this horrible civil war purified and ennobled by the strug- 
gles and labor of her patriotic soldiers. 

\7. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
>■ thirteenth army corps. 

No. 6. J Memphis, December 13, 1862. 



I... The following organization of troops is hereby adopted : — 

The Division now commanded by Brigadier General A. J. Smith 
is the First Division, and will habitually have the right or advance. 

The Division of Brigadier General Morgan L. Smith will remain 
as now the Second Division, and will compose habitually the centre. 

The Division of General G. W. Morgan will be styled the Third 
Division, and will constitute the left. 

Other regiments may arrive and will be assigned specially to 
strengthen these Divisions, and the troops now at Helena, to be 
assigned to this wing, will compose the Fourth Division or Reserve. 

II... Division Commanders will forthwith make special returns to 
this office of the strength of their command for active service, and 
will give close and assiduous attention to all the details necessary to 
make them efficient by land or water. They will have all things 
ready to embark by water or take the field by or before the 18th. 

III. ..In case of embarkation the First Division will use the levee 
within Fort Pickering; the Second Division, the levee from the 
packet landing to the mouth of Wolf River ; the Third Division, 
from packet landing to the fort. 

All commanders and Quartermasters will forthwith familiarize 
themselves with these localities and routes leading to them, being 
careful not to cross the route of any other division, and they may 
select and have the exclusive use of some one or more buildings 
and warehouses contiguous, in which to assemble their material of 
war not in the hands of the men. 



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IV. ..Each soldier must carry his inusket, sixty rounds of ammu- 
nition, knapsack, haversack, and canteen, and nothing else ; officers 
their side-arras, and a small trunk or valise, carefully marked. 

Companies not to exceed four tents for company, and one for the 
officers, with five days' rations, and cooking utensils compact and 
handy. 

Regiments — One ambulance, four good six-mule or horse wagons, 
and one wagon loaded with extra cartridges. Brigades — a small 
special train to carry ammunition to complete a quantity of 200 
cartridges per man, inclusive of those in cartridge boxes and regi- 
mental wagons ; and divisions — a small train to repair losses, tools 
for all sorts of repairs, building bridges, repairing roads and making 
redoubts, obstructions and rifle-pits. 

v.. .Boats on arrival will be assigned to these divisions or the 
reserve by the Chief Quartermaster, Eddy, and the Division Quar- 
termasters will see they are fairly distributed and landed at the most 
convenient points. 

VI... Commanders of divisions will forthwith proceed to make all 
possible preparations, and no excuses will be made or entertained. 

Time is the important element in the movement, and matters must 
not be delayed to the moment of embarkation. 

VII. ..The troops now in Fort Pickering and the detachments not 
hitherto assigned to one or other of these divisions, will continue 
as heretofore under the command of Major General Hurlbut, who 
will control all matters pertaining to the City and District of Mem- 
phis. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

> THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 14. J Memphis, December 15, 1862. 

Captain W. L. B. Jenney, of the Engineer Corps, is hereby attached 
to the Staff of the General commanding, and will turn over to Lieu- 
tenant Koepner the necessary funds and instructions to enable him 
to prosecute the present work at Fort Pickering and carry them to 
completion. Captain Jenney will forthwith consult with Captain 



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Eddy, Chief Quartermaster, and provide as quick as possible the 
tools and materials for a bridge of about 400 feet in length, making 
allowance for the timbers easily got on the ground; these tools and 
materials to be prepared for carriage inland some twenty miles. 

Captain Jenney will be prepared to embark by Thursday, Decem- 
ber 18, with the General's personal Staff. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Order] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

V THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 19. J Memphis, December 16, 1862. 

The following directions are issued for the government of all 
parties concerned : — 

1. Ambulances. — All ambulances will be immediately examined 
by the Regimental and Division Quartermasters respectively, to the 
end that all may be put in complete repair. One ambulance will be 
retained by each regiment, and all the surplus, comprising all now 
on hand at this post, will be equitably divided among the three divi- 
sions comprising this command, to be formed into division trains, 
in the charge of the Division Quartermaster, and under the orders 
of the Division Surgeons. They will be so arranged in embarka- 
tion and transportation as to be with and under the control of the 
division to which they belong. 

2. Hospital Tents.— ^Ach regiment will have one hospital tent ; 
all other hospital tents in the command, for whatever other purpose 
used, will be turned in to the Division Quartermaster. If there are 
so many surplus tents as to afford it, each Divison Quartermaster will 
take six, to be used as a field hospital for his division, as necessity 
may arise. If there is not a sufficient number, whatever surplus 
there may be will be equally distributed. 

3. Sick men who must be left will be examined by a Board of three 
Medical Officers in each division, who will pronounce upon their 
condition, and none will be left for the convalescent or general 
hospital without their descriptive lists. Company commanders 
will on no account neglect this plain duty. None will be left 
behind whose names are not on the record of the Board of Examin- 



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ers, as it will not. be permitted that this command shall melt away 
without cause, and without the knowledge of the Commanding 
General as to the whereabouts of the men. Lists signed by the 
President and members of the Board, will be forwarded to the 
office of the Medical Director, who will give orders for the proper 
disposition of the cases. 

4. Sick and convalescent, left behind on the movement of the 
26th ult. , will be examined by a Board of Medical Officers within 
the fort, and all who are able will rejoin their commands at once. 
Requisitions for immediate necessary supplies will be made in tripli- 
cate, according to form 49, Quartermaster's Department, approved 
by the Medical Director. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General, 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WTNG, 

y THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 7. ) Memphis,, December 18, 1862. 

I. ..No officer or man of the army will give any order to the captain 
or pilot, mate or hand of a transport. But the captain, pilot or 
engineer must place the boat in such position, or do whatever the 
cpmmanding officer of the troops requires. 

II... Captains, pilots and engineers of transports must hold their 
boats to their places in column ; must not fall behind or push ahead, 
keeping on the quarter following their Brigade leader. Each brigade 
will keep together, and each division in one group, whether on the 
river or lying to the shore. 

Boats will not land singly on any account, but will, if need be, 
get wood or coal of some consort. If necessary to get wood, the 
Division Commander will give the necessary orders. 

In case of grounding, striking a snag, or accident that disables a 
boat, she will make the alarm signal, and the nearest boats will go 
to the relief, and the nearest Brigade Commander give the neces- 
sary orders. 

Boats carrying a Division Commander will carry the United States 
flag at the fore jack-staff and another at the stern. Brigade Com- 
manders will carry the United States flag on the fore jack-staff and 
a regimental color near the pilot house. 



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All other boats will simply carry their regimental colors near the 
pilot house, without any other signal. In making landings for ren- 
dezvous, or for the night, or to lay by, divisions will keep well 
apart, occupying opposite shores, but near enough to hear a gun or 
boat whistle. If lying to, a single gun from the head of column 
will be the signal to make steam and for a start. Each division 
will move in succession, in this order: First, second, third and 
fourth, unless one or other is detailed by Special Orders, of which 
notice will previously be given. 

In case a boat is fired on from the shore by rifles or musketry, 
the nearest boat will at once make a landing and clear out all oppo- 
sition ; if fired on by cannon, the next Brigadier will effect a land- 
ing, and attack, sending prompt notice to the Division Commander, 
and he to the General in command of the whole. In case of any 
attack, the property or stores useful to the United States will be 
taken possession of, and the neighboring houses, barns, &c., burned. 

First rendezvous is Helena ; the second, Gaines' Landing ; last, 
Milliken's Bend. On arrival of each, full morning and other 
reports will be made of regiments, brigades, and divisions. At the 
last rendezvous, Division Commanders, after disposing of their 
commands at the shore, will report in person to the General-in- 
Chief on board the flag-boat, "The Forest Queen." All oflficers in 
command are charged specially with the police and cleanliness o^" 
their boats, and the good condition of arms, cartridges, and accou- 
trements. All must be so arranged as to act promptly in landing. 
The best possible facilities must be adopted for cooking, and the 
commanders must see in person that their men and officers have all 
the conveniences of their boats. All firing of guns, or pistols, 
yelling or hallooing, or improper noises, must be prevented. These 
are all false signals, and mislead the commanders. A single gun from 
the flag boat will be signal for starting or closing up. If this column 
be lengthened out. Division Commanders will repeat the signal. 
Three guns fired in rapid succession will be the signal for danger. 

The steamboats will use their accustomed signals, thus: — 

Steamboat Signals. 

Whistles. 
To hail a boat — Five whistles. 
To land a boat — Three whistles. 



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A boat to starboard — One whistle. 
A boat to port — Two whistles. 

Bells. 

For starboard lead — One tap. 

For port lead — Two taps. 

In leaving shore — To get ready, signal for engineers, four taps, 
and one tap to let the lines go. 

In coming to shore — Four taps of engine-room gong to let the 
engineer know that the boat is going to land. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

y THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 8. J Memphis, December 18, 1862. 

1. The expedition now fitting out is purely of a military character, 
and the interests involved are too important to be mixed up with 
personal or private business. No citizen, male or female, will be 
allowed to accompany it unless employed as part of a crew, or as a 
servant to the transports. 

Chambermaids to boats, and nurses to sick, alone, will be allowed. 
No laundresses, officers or soldiers' wives, must pass below Helena. 

2. No person whatever, citizen, officer or sutler, will, on any con- 
sideration, buy or deal in cotton or other produce of the country. 
Should any cotton be brought on board of a transport, going or 
returning, the Brigade Quartermaster, of which the boat forms a part, 
will take possession of it and invoice it to Captain A. R. Eddy, 
Chief Quartermaster at Memphis. 

3. Should any cotton or other produce be brought back to 
Memphis by any chartered boat, the Quartermaster, Captain Eddy, 
will take possession of the same and sell it for the benefit of the 
United States. If accompanied by its actual producer, the planter 
or factor, the Quartermaster will furnish him a receipt for the same, 
to be settled for, on proof of his loyalty, at the end of the war. 



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4. Boats ascending the river may take cotton from the shore for 
bulkheads to protect their engines or their crew, but on arrival at 
Memphis, it will be turned over to the Quartermaster, with a state- 
ment of the time, place and name of its owner. The trade in cotton 
must await a more peaceful state of affairs. 

5. Should any citizen accompany the expedition below Helena, 
in violation of these orders, any Colonel of a regiment, or Captain 
of a battery, will conscript him into the service of the United States 
for the unexpired term of his command. If he show a refractory 
spirit, unfitting him for a soldier, the commanding officer present 
will turn him over to the captain of the boat as a deck hand, and 
compel him to work in that capacity, without wages, till the boat 
returns to Memphis. 

6. Any person whatsoever, whether in the service of the United 
States or transports, found making reports for publication, which 
might reach the enemy, giving them information, aid and comfort, 
will be arrested and treated as a spy. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Gexeral Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

I THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 9. J Memphis, December 19, 1862. 

The 1st, 2d and od Divisions of the Right Wing will embark to- 
morrow, Saturday, December 20, according to previous notice and 
in the manner before ordered, and proceed with all dispatch by 
divisions below Helena, and lay to shore on the Mississippi side, 
the head of the column at Friar's Point, and the other divisions well 
closed up, there to await further orders. 

The Quartermaster, Captain Eddy, will provide the necessary 
transportation and dispose the boats according to previous orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

V THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 10. J Memphis, December 19, 1862. 

The following named officers are announced as the Staff of Major 
General W. T. Sherman : — 

Major J. H. Hammond, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of 
Staff. 

Major Ezra Taylor, Chief of Artillery. 

Major W. D. Sanger, Acting Inspector General, Aide-de-Camp. 

Major Charles McMillan, Medical Director. 

Captain John T. Taylor, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain James C. McCoy, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain Lewis M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain J. Condit Smith, Chief Quartermaster. 

Captain Charles C. Morton, Chief Commissary of Subsistence. 

Captain W. L. B. Jenney, EngineerXorps. 

Captain 0. H. Howard, Signal Corps. 

Captain Julian Pitsman, Topographical Engineers. 

Lieutenant Kilian Frick, Topographical Engineers. 

Headquarters for the present are on board the " Forest Queen.'' 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Order) HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
> 13th army corps, st'r forest queen. 
No. 30. J Helena, December 21, 1862. 

General Steele, with four brigades of Cavalry, Artillery, and In- 
fantry, having been assigned to this Wing of the Army of the Ten- 
nessee, will embark his command on the boats provided, and drop 
down to a point in the river, on the Arkansas shore, opposite Friar's 
Point. All boats should be there by sunrise to-morrow, December 
22d. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H, HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

y 13th army corps, st'r forest queen, 

No. 31. J December 22, 1862. 

First Division, General A. J. Smith. 

Des Arcs — Division Headquarters. 

Metropolitan — 6th Indiana Volunteers. 

J. H. Dickey — 23d Wisconsin Volunteers. 

J. C. Snow — 16tli Indiana Volunteers. 

Hiawatha — 96th Ohio Volunteers. 

J. S. Pringle — 67th Indiana Volunteers. 

J. W. Cheeseman — 9th Kentucky Volunteers. 

R. Campbell, jr. — 97th Indiana Volunteers. 

Duke of Argyle — 77th Illinois Volunteers. 

City of Alton— 108th and 48th Ohio Volunteers. 

City of Louisiana — Mercantile Battery. 

Iowa — 131st Illinois Volunteers. 

Ohio Belle— 17th Ohio Battery. 

Citizen — 83d Ohio Volunteers. 

Champion — Commissary boat. 

General Anderson — Ordnance. 

Second Division, General M. L. Smith. 

Chancellor — Headquarters Division and Thielman's Cavalry. 

Planet — 116th Illinois Volunteers and section of Parrott guns. 

City of Memphis— Batteries " A " and " B," 8th Missouri Volun- 
teers. 

Omaha — 57th Ohio Volunteers. 

Sioux City — 8od Indiana Volunteers. 

Spread Eagle — 127th Illinois Volunteers. 

Edw. Walsh— 113th Illinois Volunteers. 

Westmoreland — 55th Illinois Volunteers and Headquarters of 
4th Brigade. 

Sunny South— 54th Ohio Volunteers. 

Universe — 6th Missouri Volunteers. 

Robert Allen — Commissary boat. 

Third Division, General G. W. Morgan. 
Empress — Division Headquarters. 
Key West— 118th Indiana Volunteers. 



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Sam Gaty — 69th Indiana Volunteers. 

Northerner — 120th Ohio Volunteers. 

Bell Peoria — Headquarters 2d Brigade and two companies of 49th 
Ohio, and Pontoon train. 

Die Vernon — 3d Kentucky Volunteers. 

War Eagle — 49th Indiana— eight companies, and three guns 
Foster's Battery. 

Henry Van Ghul — Headquarters 3d Brigade and eight companies 
of 16th Ohio. 

Fanny Bullitt— 114th Ohio, five guns Lamphere's Battery. 

Crescent City — 22d Kentucky and 54th Indiana Volunteers. 

Des Moines — 42d Ohio Volunteers. 

Pembina — One gun Lamphere's Battery. 

Lady Jackson — Commissary boat. 

Fourth Division^ General Steele. 

Continental — Division Headquarters, Cavalry and Battery, 

John J. Roe and Nebraska — 4th, 9th and 31st Iowa Infantry. 

Key West — 1st Iowa Artillery. 

John Warner — 13th Illinois Volunteers. 

Tecumseh — 26th Iowa Volunteers. 

Decatur — 28th Iowa Volunteers. 

Quitman — 84th Iowa Volunteers. 

Kennett — 29th Missouri Volunteers. 

Gladiator — 30th Missouri Volunteers. 

Isabella — 31st Missouri Volunteers. 

D. G. Taylor — Sixty men and horses : Quartermaster's stores. 

Sucker State — 32d Missouri Volunteers. 

Dacotah — 3d Missouri Volunteers. 

Tatt — 12th Missouri Volunteers. 

Emma — 17th Missouri Volunteers. 

Adriatic — 1st Missouri Artillery. 

Meteor— 76th Ohio Volunteers. 

Polar Star— 58th Ohio Volunteers. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Order] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
1- thirteenth army corps, 

No. 32. J Milliken's Bend, December 25, 1862. 

General A. J. Smith will detach a brigade at this point to march 
to the southwest and destroy effectually a section of the Vicksburg 
and Shreveport railroad near the Tensas, at or near a place called 
Jois Bayou. Each regiment will carry about ten axes and materials 
for firing the wood- work. Railroad trestles, ties and iron, for a reach 
of about a mile, will be piled up and burned. If any railroad bridges 
are encountered they will be burned, and telegraph lines pulled down 
and hidden in some deep water. Men will be provided two days' 
rations. The officer in command will press any number of guides, 
white or black, and may take any provisions, wagons or carriages 
needed by his command. He will start as early as possible, march 
in silence, and having accomplished his purpose will return and 
re-embark his command. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
I thirteenth army corps, 

No. 34. ) Forest Queen, December 25, 1862. 

The point of disembarkation is at the point marked " C" on the 
chart, up the Yazoo, on the east bank, about 13 miles. 

The fleet will start at 8 a. m. to-morrow under convoy of the gun- 
boats, keeping well closed up and prepared for any event. Two 
companies on each boat will be fully equipped with loaded muskets, 
ready to return the fire should our progress be opposed. 

The 3d Division, General G. W. Morgan, will lead and make a 
landing at the upper end of Johnson s farm, and promptly move 
out one brigade towards Mrs. Lake's plantation. 

The 4th Division, General Steele, will follow and disembark at 
Johnson's farm, sending one brigade out on the Vicksbwrg road 
about two miles. 

The 2d Division, General M. L. Smith, will follow and land just 
below General Steele. If General M. L. Smith has not returned by 
the hour of starting, General Stuart will move his brigade and leave 
these orders for General Smith to follow. 



The 1st Division, General A. J. Smith, will then follow and dis- 
embark at a point above Bunch's sawmill. 

The channel is deep, and boats will keep to the left hand bank, 
leaving the gunboats the right hand bank. The ammunition boat 
and two of the Commissary boats will remain near the gunboat, 
which will stay where the gunboat fleet now lies. After the boats 
are made secure, well apart, working parties will be set to work to 
unload the regimental wagons, the Artillery and Cavalry horses, and 
all things necessary for a five days' operations. 

All surplus articles which cannot be transported in the regimental 
train will remain on board until further orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

\ THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 36. j Decernher 26, 1862. 

The movement to morrow will be as follows: — 

1. General Morgan's 3d Division will move south and east around 
the bayou, as near Mrs. Lake's plantation as possible, taking with 
him the bridge and pontoon train and a good supply of axes, picks, 
and shovels. He will reach the county road from Vicksburg to 
Haine's Bluff, and effect a secure lodgment on the high ground east 
of the crossing place. 

2. General Steele's Division will feel to his left and cross the old 
bayou as near Morgan as possible, but on a separate causeway or 
bridge, and reach the same high land. 

3. General Morgan L. Smith's Division will oblique to his left 
and connect with General Steele, crossing the bayou at or near the 
same place by a separate causeway or bridge, and reach the county 
road. 

4. General A. J. Smith will move direct on Vicksburg by the 
Ranch's Mill road, keeping up a connection with General Morgan 
L. Smith. He will remove all obstacles on the main road, and 
occupy the attention of the battery that stands on the first hill north 
of Vicksburg. 



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5. Each division will carry its tools, and will cover its advance 
by a strong line of" skirmishers and an advance guard. The main 
column will be so disposed as not to be raked by Heavy Artillery, 
in which arm alone is our enemy supposed to be superior to us. If 
either column encounters such batteries, after a careful recounois- 
sance of the flanks, a prompt, quick assault will be most effective 
and least destructive. 

6. The Artillery, (guns, caissons, and battery wagons,) the ambu- 
lances and ammunition wagons alone will accompany the columns. 
The men should have two days' rations with them and be prepared 
to bivouac. 

7. One regiment of each division will remain with the steamboats 
as a guard to the wagons and boats acting in concert with the gun- 
boats. 

8. As soon as the lodgment is made on the high ground at and 
beyond the county roadj- Division Commanders may send back for 
wagons and provisions, but we cannot be encumbered with a train 
for some days. 

9. Each division will reconnoitre to its front and left, connecting 
with their nearest neighbor, during the night and at daybreak, and 
will move at 7 a. m., reporting everything of interest during the 
night and early in the morning to the Commanding General on 
board the Forest Queen, until 8 a. m., after that hour to him near 
the Division of M. L. Smith. 

10. In case any men reach or are sent to the river at any point 
where they may encounter a gunboat, they must be carefully 
instructed to show the United States flag and two white handker- 
chiefs or cloths, one on each side of the flag. This is the signal 
agreed on by myself and Admiral, by which our troops can be dis- 
tinguished from the rebels, who sometimes display our flag and wear 
our clothes. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

I THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 37. ) December 28, 1862. 

Movements for the day. 

1. The centre or 2d Division will cross the bayou and form on 
two lines facing east, the lines seeking cover and separated by about 
100 yards. The movements to be made in silence and in good order. 

2. The left or 3d Division in a like manner will cross the bayou, 
form in two lines in perfect silence and in good order, facing east, 
and covered by timber or shape of ground if possible. 

3. One brigade of the 1st Division will cross the bayou and form 
in two lines, facing east, to the rear of the space between the centre 
and left division, supporting the left centre. 

4. The 4th Division, or reserve, will cover the left and support 
the left of Morgan's Division, and at the same time make feints as 
if moving north to Haine's Bluff. 

One brigade of General A. J. Smith's Division will hold the 
position where the main road from Johnson's to Vicksburg inter- 
sects the road from Vicksburg to Mrs. Lake's, with advanced skir- 
mishers and Infantry on the Vicksburg batteries at the point where 
the Johnson's road comes into the main county road. 

The whole line will move as nearly east as possible, as the ground 
will admit, simultaneously attacking the crest of hills in their front, 
Morgan's Division securing a lodgment on the top, M. L. Smith 
the face of the hill, and A. J. Smith the county road looking 
towards Vicksburg, keeping up a connection with the point of inter- 
section of the roads before named. 

Blair's Brigade will follow the movement of and support the 
centre. 

After Morgan has passed the county road, Steele's reserve will 
hold the ground opposite his present position, looking towards 
Haine's Bluff on the county road near the foot of the hill. 

When the assault commences, the brigades and regiments must be 
cautioned to keep their exact places in line, moving as rapidly as 
the nature of the ground will permit, and after securing the positions 
indicated, each division will be so disposed as to face either north 
or south, and so direct their fire as to assist their neighboring 
divisions. 



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If fixed batteries or rifle pits are encountered, the quicker they 
are carried the better, and the attacking jDarty will follow on their 
heels until they are clear of the field. 

Should the Artillery be unable to follow the movement of the 
Infantry, it should be sent under secure escort to the reserve, or to 
the rear near the bayou. 

Each Division Commander will accomplish the object designated 
without calling for assistance, but will send prompt intelligence to 
the neighboring divisions, and to the Commander-in-Chief, who will 
be near the centre. 

By order of Major General W. T. vSherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

y THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 38. J December 30, 1862. 

1. The three divisions will occupy the ground now held, keeping 
the front picket line close up to the bayou and towards Vicksburg. 
All but the pickets and supports will retire to near the effective range 
of cannister and form line parallel to the county road from Vicks- 
burg to Haine's Bluff, stack arms and rest. Men may make fires in 
hollows 500 yards back of picket line. 

2. General Morgan's left is on the bayou, and the other divisions 
and their pickets will connect with him. General Steele's Division 
will be held in reserve along Chickasaw bayou with pickets on its 
east side. The enemy will doubtless shell our positions, but our 
Artillery must not reply unless with a certainty of execution. The 
ammunition must not be wasted, as they will fire at our whole camp 
instead of a distinct object. Our Artillery should be covered by 
earthworks, and commanders of Infantry Brigades will, on applica- 
tion of any Artillery officer lying near him, furnish details for this 
work. 

The 1st and 2d Divisions will furnish working parties of a regi- 
ment each, who will report to Captain Jenney, of the Engineers, with 
all the axes to be had, to corduroy the road from the landing to 
camp. The regiments at the steamboat landing will furnish one 
hundred men each, with due proportion of officers, to work the 



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road along the levee. They must corduroy all the boggy ground. 
Rations can be had at " Lake's." Artillery ammunition at Head- 
quarters and on board the boat " General Anderson." Musket am- 
munition should be carefully husbanded and distributed in each 
division. All musket ammunition not now in the boxes of men or 
in regimental wagons, will forthwith be sent on board the " General 
Anderson," and delivered to Lieutenant Neeley, Ordnance oflScer, 
who will receipt for the same, and reissue to regimental commanders, 
so that each man has on his person sixty rounds. This should be 
attended to at once. 

All absentees not wounded must be collected, and reports made 
to respective headquarters of the killed, wounded and missing. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

y THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 39. J December 31, 1862. 

Order for the Day. 

1. The Infantry and Artillery of the 4th Division, General Steele's, 
will make preparations during the day for an important expedition ; 
they will provide two days' cooked rations, and be careful of the 
condition of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. They 
will be ready to march by dark. One brigade of the ■2d Division 
will, in like manner, prepare for the same expedition. All the 
officers and men will be instructed that silence is the chief element 
in the success of this proposed attempt. 

That all signals of the drums and bugles will not be allowed, and 
that absolute silence must be preserved. Steele's Division will be 
disposed so as to move down the road along the Chickasaw bayou, 
and the brigade of the 2d Division back by the main road, so as not 
to be observed by the enemy's look-outs on the hill. 

2. General Morgan will continue to strengthen his position for 
offense and defense, construct batteries and parapets to cover his 
guns and men, and make additional roads to his rear. 

3. Cavalry of Steele's Division will cross Chickasaw bayou and 
reconnoitre the ground to our left and front. 



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4. General Smith will continue to strengthen his front, especially 
at the point occupied by Colonel Landram's Brigade; will improve 
the road to his rear and reconnoitre the ground to the right in rear 
of Long Lake and as far as False River. 

All the troops must be prepared for instant action. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

> THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 40. j December 31, ] 8^2. 

General Steele's Division, with two batteries, and without Cavalry, 
and the Infantry brigade of the 2d Division will constitute the force 
designated to co-operate with the fleet of gunboats in the assault on 
'he battery at Haine's Bluff. 

General Frederick Steele will command the whole, and will receive 
special instructions. The utmost silence and secrecy must be pre- 
served. As soon as night sets in the regiments will march to the 
river, keeping bayonets unfixed, with muskets at a trail or right 
shoulder, so as not to be observed by the enemy's look-outs. Steele's 
Division to embark at the mouth of Chickasaw bayou, and the brigade 
of the 2d Division at Johnson's Landing, where General Steele will 
give all necessary orders. All should be aboard and asleep by 9 
o'clock p. M. Regimental Quartermasters will ride in advance to 
ascertain the names of the steamers on which they are to embark ; 
and Colonel Parsons, at the upper levee on board the steamer 
"Forest Queen," and Captain Buffinger, at Johnson's Landing, will 
assign boats to regiments promptly and without confusion. Regi- 
mental officers must accept the steamers assigned them without a 
murmur, and not take exceptions to the crowd, as time is material. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders.] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 
y thirteenth army corps, 

No. 1. j Milliken's Bend, January 3, 1863. 

The troops will prepare to disembark at Milliken's Bend as soon 
as the rain moderates. 



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General A. J. Smith's Division will take the levee from the Stores' 
Landing up the river for say half a mile. Above him Morgan's 
Division, leaving an interval so that they can be distinguished. 

M. L. Smith's Division will leave a space at the Stores of about 
two hundred yards for the ordnance, quartermaster, and supply 
boats, and land his division next below the Stores, and Steele's 
Division next below him ; all making good and permanent landing 
places for their supplies, much of which must be distributed by 
water. 

The Quartermaster will take absolute possession of every house 
and shed at Milliken's Bend for storage. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
J.- H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

V THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 12. J Milliken's Rend, La., January 4:, 1863. 

Pursuant to terms of General Orders No. 1, made this day by 
Major General McClernand, the title of our army ceases to exist, 
and constitutes in the future the Army of the Mississippi, composed 
of two Army Corps, one to be commanded by Brigadier General 
G. W. Morgan and the other by myself 

In relinquishing command of the Right Wing of the Array of the 
Tennessee and restricting my authority to my own corps, I desire 
to express io all commanders, to the soldiers and officers, recently 
operating before Vicksburg, my hearty thanks for the zeal, alacrity, 
and courage manifested by them on all occasions. We failed in 
accomplishing one great purpose of our movement — the capture of 
Vicksburg— but we were but a part of a whole. Ours was but one 
part of a combined movement in which others were to assist. We 
were on time ; unforseen contingencies must have delayed the 
others. 

We have destroyed the Shreveport road ; we have attacked the 
defenses of Vicksburg, and pushed the attack as far as prudence 
would justify, and having found it too strong for our single column 
we have drawn off in good order and in good spirits, ready for any 
new move. 



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A new commander is now here to lead you. He is chosen by the 
President of the United States, who is charged by our Constitution 
to maintain and defend it, and he has the undoubted right to select 
his own agent. I know that all good officers and soldiers will give 
him the same hearty support and cheerful obedience they have 
hitherto given me. There are honors enough in reserve for all and 
work enough too. Let each do his appropriate part, and our Nation 
must in the end emerge from this dire conflict, purified and ennobled 
by the fires which now test its strength and purity. 

All officers of the General Staff, not attached to my person, 
will hereafter report in person and by letter to Major General 
McClernand, commanding Army of the Mississippi, on board of 
Steamer "Tigress," at our rendezvous at Gaines' Landing and 
Montgomery's Point. 

By order of Major General VV. T. Sherman: 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS RIGHT WING, 

I" THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 3. j Milliken^s Bend, January 4, 1863. 

Orders for the day. 

1. The troops will not disembark at Milliken's Bend, but will pro- 
ceed on another important military expedition. 

The first rendezvous will be the woodpile opposite Gaines' 
Landing. 

The second rendezvous will be mouth of White River or Mont- 
gomery Point. 

2. Colonel Parsons, Quartermaster, will see that his transports 
have enough fuel to reach some known woodpile, and Division Com- 
manders may lay by to gather wood and rails at convenient points, 
of which there is a supply known to be ten miles above Milliken's, 
near Greenville, opposite Gaines' and near Napoleon. Whenever 
boats stop for wood, there should be a good picket kept beyond the 
working party. 

The fleet will move in the reverse order of coming, viz : 4th, 3d, 
2d and 1st, but all must be at each rendezvous before another move 
is made. All possible fuel should be collected before we reach 
White River. 



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3. Colonel Parsons will forthwith detail eight good strong trans- 
port boats, best supplied with fuel, to proceed to the mouth of the 
Yazoo, and report to Admiral Porter by 10 a. m. to-day for the 
purpose of towing the slow gunboats up stream ; and that the troops 
on board such tugs may not suffer, one of these boats must be a 
supply boat. 

4. The Commanding General will give the signal to move from 
rendezvous, but between the rendezvous Division Commanders may 
control their boats and lay by whenever they choose to collect wood. 
On arrival at Montgomery Point boats should have full two days' 
fuel, and the whole time consumed in reaching Montgomery Point 
should not exceed sixty hours. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



SECOND CORPS-ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 



General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS, 

y ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 1. J Steamer Forest Queen, January 5, 1863. 

The undersigned hereby assumes command of the 2d Army Corps, 
Army of the Mississippi, and announces its organization as follows : — 
W. T. Sherman, Major General, commanding. 
J. H. Hammond, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. 
Ezra Taylor, Major and Chief of Artillery. 
W. D. Sanger, Major and Inspector General. 
Charles McMillan, Medical Director. 
James C. McCoy, Captain and Aide-de-Camp. 
John T. Taylor, Captain and Aide-de-Camp. 
Lewis M. Dayton, Captain and Aide-de-Camp. 
J. Condit Smith, Captain and Chief Quartermaster. 
Charles C. Morton, Captain and Chief Commissary of Subsistence. 
W. L. B. Jenney, Captain, Engineer Corps. 
0. H. Howard, Captain, Signal Corps. 



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Julius Pitzraan, Captain, Topographical Engineers. 

Kilian Frick, Lieutenant, Topographical Engineers. 

J. C. Neeley, Captain and Ordnance Officer, 
First Division^ Brigadier General Frederick Steele commanding. 
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Brigadier General F. P. Blair, jr., 
commanding. 

13th Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gorgas. 

29th Missouri Infantry, Colonel John S. Cavender. 

30th Missouri Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Otto Schadt. 

olst Missouri Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Simpson. 

32d Missouri Infantry, Colonel F. H. Manter. 

58th Ohio Infantry, Captain B, Benkler. 

2d Brigade, 1st Division, Brigadier General C. E. Hovey com- 
manding. 

17th Missouri Infantry, Colonel F. Hassendeubel. 

25th Iowa Infantry, Colonel George A. Stone. 

3d Missouri Infantry, Colonel Isaac F. Shepard. 

76th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Charles A. Woods. 

31st Iowa Infantry, Colonel William vSmyth. 

12th Missouri Infantry, Colonel Hugo Wangerlin. 
3d Brigade, 1st Division, Brigadier General Thayer commanding. 

4th Iowa Infantry, Colonel J. A. Williamson. 
34th Iowa Infantry, Colonel George W. Clark. 
30th Iowa Infantry, Colonel Charles H. Abbott. 
26th Iowa Infantry, Colonel Milo Smith. 
9th Iowa Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Coyle. 

Artillert/. 
1st Iowa Battery, Captain H. H. Griffith. 
4th Ohio Battery, Captain Lewis HoflFman. 
1st Missouri Horse Artillery, Captain C. Landgrabur. 

Cavahy. 
3d Illinois Cavalry, Colonel L. McCrillis. 
Blair's escort, 1st Lieutenant D. N. Ballou. 
Steele's escort. Captain W. C. Wilder. 

Second Division, Brigadier General David Stuart commanding. 
1st Brigade, 2d Division, Colonel G. A. Smith commanding. 
6th Missouri Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Blood. 



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1st Battalion, 13th U. S. Infantry, Major D. Chase, 

8th Missouri Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel D. C. Coleman. 

116th Illinois Infantry, Colonel N. W. Tupper. 

113th Illinois Infantry, Colonel G. B. Hoge. 

•2d Brigade, 2d Division, Colonel F. Kelly Smith. 

o5th Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel 0. Malmborg. 

o7th Ohio Infantry, Colonel William Mungen. 

83d Indiana Infantry, Colonel B. J. Spooner. 

127th Illinois Infantry, Colonel J. Van Arman. 

54th Ohio Infantry, Captain Yoeman. 
Cavalry. 

Thielman's Cavalry, Captain Marshner. 
Artillery. 

Company "A," 1st Illinois Artillery, Captain P. P. Wood. 

Company "B," 1st Illinois Artillery, Captain S. E. Barrett. 

Company " H," 1st Illinois Artillery, Lieutenant Levi W. Hart. 

8th Ohio Battery, Lieutenant J. Putnam. 

Four siege 30-pounder rifles, unattached. 

II. ..Each Division and Brigade Commander will at once enter 
upon the discharge of his duty, and will select and announce his 
Staff to his own command, a copy of the order to be sent to these 
Headquarters. Provision returns should be approved at Division 
Headquarters, and requisitions for Quartermaster's and Ordnance 
stores at these General Headquarters. 

Morning reports should be made to Division Headquarters, and 
consolidated morning reports, prepared in great detail and accuracy, 
made to these Headquarters tri-monthly. All orders heretofore 
issued by General Sherman at Memphis, or in the field, will be 
considered binding on his present command, unless they conflict 
with those of our common superiors. 

III. ..The title of this command will be "The Second Army 
Corps of the Army of the xMississippi," until it is constituted one 
of the series for the whole Army of the United States. When 
such is announced in General Orders from the Adjutant General's 
Office, Washington, D. C, then it will take its new title without 
other changes. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS SECOND "CORPS, 

y ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 5. J Montgomery Point, January 8, 1863. 

1. The corps will start to-morrow at 8 a. m. The boats must 
keep in their exact order about 100 yards apart. 

First, "Forest Queen."' 

Second, " Continental," followed by boats of the 1st, 2d, and 3d 
Brigades of Steele's Division. 

Third, the "Westmoreland," followed by boats of the 1st and 
2d Brigades of Stuart's Division. 

2. Two companies on each boat must be armed and equipped, 
ready to return a fire if a boat is fired in from shore. In case of 
the firing a volley, or anything indicating a force, the boat fired at 
will run by and land above, whilst the succeeding boats will land 
below and promptly attack the party, unless a gunboat be near, when 
it will shell the place from which the firing comes. 

3. On reaching the place of disembarkation, each Division Com- 
mander will send a brigade out to cover the landing, and will imme- 
diately proceed to disembark men, arms, horses, wagons, &c. , for 
a five days' operation, similar to our move at Yazoo. A small 
guard of the sick will remain at each boat, but any man remaining 
with the boat without the written detail of the Colonel will be 
treated as deserting his colors in action. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjtitant General. 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ • FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 2. J Post of Arkansas, January 12, 1863. 

Pursuant to General Orders No. 210, dated December 18, 1862, 
Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C, the corps now com- 
manded by Major General W. T. Sherman will be known as the 
15th Army Corps. 

Its organization will remain unchanged. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> fifteenth army corps, 

No. 3. ) Post of Arkansas, January 12, 1863. 

Ignorance of the rules of war as to pillage and plunder can no 
longer be pleaded. Laws of Congress, orders of the President, and 
my own have again and again been published. 

A thorough inspection of every regiment and boat will be made 
within twenty- four hours of the publication of this order, and the 
Colonel of any regiment or commander of any company who allows 
any officer or soldier in his command to keep or use a horse, mule, 
gun, pistol, saddle, or any property not his own, will be arrested, 
and the offender will at once be put in irons, or tried and confined 
in the hold of some steamboat in charge of the Provost Guard. 

Colonel Hoge, of the 113th Illinois, is charged with the execution 
of this order, and his regiment is assigned to duty as Provost Guard. 
Colonel Hoge, by himself or any officer of his regiment, with a 
written order, may search for stolen property, take it away by 
violence, even to killing, and will deliver the same to the Chief 
Quartermaster of this Corps, Captain J. Condit Smith. 

If any officer or soldier, camp follower or steamboat hand, pas- 
senger or any person with this army, violates the laws of Congress 



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and orders of the President, it is the duty of every body to seize him 
and deliver him forcibly and sternly to this Provost Guard. That 
Colonel Hoge may execute this order thoroughly, he will camp near 
these Headquarters and use some steamboat hold or house in which 
to confine prisoners. 

Prisoners found in possession of stolen Ijorses, mules, saddles, 
muskets, rifles, shot-guns, or any species of property captured by the 
United States forces, will, while awaiting trial, be confined to bread 
and water unless the Chief Surgeon of one or other of the divisions 
certifies that the health of the prisoner is endangered thereby. 

The Commanding General appeals to the good officers and soldiers, 
of whom he is proud to know his corps is mostly composed, to aid 
him in bringing to condign punishment the cowardly rascals who 
hang back when danger threatens, but are foremost in stealing, 
robbing and plundering. 

Twenty-four hours notice is given, that those in doubt may turn 
in property not their own ; after that the order must be rigorously 
enforced. 

II. ..Each Division Commander will, early to-morrow, detail a suf- 
ficient party to bury the dead of the enemy, and the horses that lie in 
their immediate front. Accounts of the dead buried will be kept 
and reported along with the events of the recent battle. 

III... Officers and soldiers found on steamboats or in houses, who 
have not a disabling wound or who are not in a regularly appointed 
hospital of their own regiment or brigade, will be arrested and 
turned over to the Provost Guard as deserters, and confined on 
on bread and water. 

IV... The General enjoins on all in authority to spare no pains to 
encourage and provide for the good, honest soldier, but not to spare 
the shirks who avail themselves of every plea, even sickness, to 
avoid the honorable duties of the good and brave. 

The men who, in times like these, will not do their full share of 
fighting and labor, cannot be allowed to eat our rations and enjoy 
the shelter of boats and houses. These must be reserved to those 
who do their whole duty. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman; 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 10. i Post Arkansas^ January 12, 1863. 

Brigadier General Frederick Steele, commanding 1st Division, 
and Brigadier General David Stuart, commanding 2d Division, will 
detail 250 men each, with a due proportion of officers, to report to 
these Headquarters at 8 a. m. to-morrow, well provided with picks, 
spades, axes, &c., for the purpose of leveling the fortifications at 
this place. 

The detail to be relieved by a like number from each division at 
1 p. M. to-morrow. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 4. J Post Arkansas, January 13, 1863. 

This Corps will make preparation to re-embark on the transports 
as near as possible at the place where we landed, viz : just below 
the Notrib farm. 

General Steele will move his command back to this point by the 
route he came, leaving one regiment on picket to destroy the can- 
tonment now held by him, when he receives written orders from 
General Sherman to that effect. He will also leave a regiment to 
destroy the enemy's rifle-pits from our entrance right toward our left. 

General Stuart will move his division back along the river bank, 
leaving one regiment as a picket and working party to report to 
Captain Jenney, of the Engineers, who is charged with the destruc- 
tion of the rifle-pits carried by our Corps. This work should be 
done by night, and all details called in and assembled at the point 
of embarkation. The boats will be ordered to drop down to their 
places as soon as the new assignment is complete. 

Wagons, horses, and all camp equipage will be put on board to- 
night, and the men embarked at daylight to-morrow ready to make 
a new move. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Order) HEADQUARTERS, 

No. 14. J Fifteenth Army Corps, January 16, 1863. 

1. General Frederick Steele will keep a regiment on picket three 
miles out on the road leading up the Arkansas River. 

2. General Stuart will keep one regiment as picket on the road 
leading down the Arkansas, three miles out. 

No citizen whatever will be allowed to pass the lines, either going 
out or coming in. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General, 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 5. i Milliken^s Bend, January 21, 1863. 

General Stuart will forthwith disembark his Cavalry and order it 
to report to Colonel Stuart, Aide to General McClernand. The 1st 
Division will remain on board their boats at Milliken's Bend till 
further orders from General McClernand or myself. The 2d Divi- 
sion will forthwith prepare to follow the "Forest Queen" to 
Young's Point, and will be ready at 4 J p. m. 

The boats will land in close and in good order, and one regiment 
from each brigade will be sent out two hundred yards, with vedettes 
two hundred yards further, immediately on landing. The entire 
Division will disembark at Young's Point at daylight, prepared to 
move four or five miles inland. Arms, accoutrements, and every- 
thing must be in order, and officers in command will attend to 
seeing landings made for the Artillery and wagons. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 6. j Young'' s Pointy La., January 23, 1863. 

Commanders of regiments will immediately unload their boats 
and bring all the camp and garrison equipage and transportation to 
near their present position, where they will make camps under 
direction of the commanders of brigades. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

[Circular.] Young'' s Point, La., January 24, 1863. 

Wagons must not be used to-day in the miry fields and roads. 
Officers wanting tents, provisions, ammunition, or anything abso- 
lutely necessary for their command, can send details of men with 
led mules to pack them to camp. Each brigade will make a special 
detail to fix the roads from their front back to these Headquarters, 
and Generals Steele and Stuart will keep good details on the main 
roads back from the front to the rear, as far as Mrs. Grove's, where 
the steamboats now lay. All steamboats now in use should be 
cleaned and discharged, but the property of regiments and com- 
panies need not be brought to camp till the weather improves. Only 
absolute necessaries should be carried on the road at this time. 

The work on the canal must be continued during all weather till 
a good parapet is made in front. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 19. j January 25, 1863. 

General Hovey, of General Steele's Division, will immediately 
put his entire command to work on a road from his present position 
across to General Blair's force. 



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He will cut out the timber for 100 feet wide, and corduroy the 
swamps, so as to make a good road for Artillery and wagons. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 7. j Camp before Vicksburg, January 26, 18H3. 

The Commanding General of the 15th Army Corps now expects 
every officer and man of his Corps to be a soldier, watchful, careful 
of his own personal wants and safety, and jealous of the safety, 
honor, and name of his regiment and corps. Nothing so elevates 
the character of an army and gives it health, compactness, and 
ability to strike strong blows, as guard duty well performed. 

Our camps must be inclosed by a close line of sentinels, and an 
outside line of pickets and supports, according to the nature of the 
ground. 

We are threatened day and night by as intelligent, desperate, and 
cunning an enemy as ever existed, and if we make a single mistake 
or neglect to guard any point, advantage will surely be taken of it 
and it will cost us lives. 

The 1st Division will guard the space from Mrs Grove's house 
across the swamp to Biggs' plantation and up the levee to the old 
gate post near Ewing's — present right. The 2d Division will guard 
from that same point of the levee to the canal, and along the canal 
to the upper levee and along it to Mrs. Grove's house. 

The 1st Division will picket down the river habitually to Johnson's 
plantation, and send scouts as much further as, from time to time, 
the Division Commander may order: and the 2d Division will picket 
up towards Vicksburg, as close as possible, so as to watch the move- 
ments of the enemy. This guard and pickets must be regularly 
detailed and posted daily, and no volunteering will be allowed. 

Commanders of divisions and brigades may send select scouts to 
do particular work, but the guard duty must be a positive detail, 
with men and officers responsible all the time. Details for guards 
will be by companies, including officers and men, and no one will be 
excused but the sick regularly reported at sick-call by the Regimental 



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Surgeon, and the company cooks and teamsters. When a company 
is detailed for regular guard duty it will be announced by the Adju- 
tant, publicly, in orders on parade the evening previous. One-fifth 
the command will be habitually on guard, viz: two companies per 
regiment; these will be divided into Brigade guard and Division 
guard, and every morning at 9 there will be a regular Brigade guard 
mounting, when companies detailed will be assembled at the place 
appointed by their Brigadier, inspected by the Brigade officer-of-the- 
day, and then marched to their post. 

The Division officer-of-the-day will be responsible that the Brigade 
guard of the Division are properly posted, and that their chains of 
sentinels connect. 

All ofScers-of-the-day for brigades, divisions, and corps must be 
announced the day before in orders: must be mounted, sash worn, 
so as to distinguish them, and must give their whole time to their 
duties. An officer-of-the-day represents his commanding officer, 
and for the time being commands the guards in his name. Brigade 
officers-of-the-day are charged with the actual posting of guards and 
sentinels, subject to instructions from the Division officer-of-the-day, 
and he subject to the General officer-of-the-day for corps. Colonels 
will furnish the roster for the Corps cf armee^ Lieutenant Colonels 
for the divisions, and Majors for the brigades. Regimental guards 
and details are subordinate for the protection of their own camps 
and not for the defense of the army. 

There will be a continuous chain of sentinels along the line and 
canal, with advanced vedettes close to the river edge and along the 
road from Grove's to Biggs', and sentinels must at all times be fully 
equipped and supplied with forty rounds of ammunition, must walk 
their posts, and actually notice all movements of an enemy without 
or irregularities within ; they must be carefully instructed that they 
have absolute power, and must enforce the standing and Special 
Orders of the camp against all offenders, whatever their rank or 
station may be ; they must watch the levee and give timely notice 
of any danger of break or overflow, and watch the batteries of the 
enemy and give notice of any dangerous shot or shell. At night 
they must have the countersign and allow no one to pass without it ; 
they must challenge all parties approaching in a clear, sharp voice, 
but not with too much noise. Sentinels must be treated with the 
utmost respect, must be carefully and minutely instructed, and must 



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be relieved at least every two hours and then allowed four hours' 
rest. No fires allowed to sentinels ; guards and supports must be 
conveniently posted, must have their belts on and muskets close at 
hand. They can have fires in a sheltered place. In case a regi- 
ment is ordered to march away, or in case of battles, the officer- of- 
the-day will send the detail to its regiment; but in case a regiment 
is simply detailed for work, the guard for the day and night before 
are excused. In all details by companies or regiments the officers 
must invariably go along with their men. This rule is invariable. 
Officers will frequently be examined by their superiors on the duties 
of guards, sentinels, &c., as prescribed by Army Regulations, and 
if found ignorant will be reported by Colonels to the respective 
Governors of States, that they be not promoted or advanced in their 
profession. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

\ FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 8. J Camp near Vicksburg, January 26, 1863. 

I. ..In consequence of the great danger of an immediate breach in 
the levees and flooding of the land between the railroad and lower 
levee, General Steele may withdraw his two brigades from their 
present position to the field from the railroad to the upper levee or 
steamboat landing, near where his present 3d Brigade (Hovey's) 
is encamped ; leaving a strong guard at and near the Biggs planta- 
tion, to be withdrawn by boats in case of a general flood. 

II. ..In like manner the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, (Ewing's,) and 
such parts of the 2d Brigade (T. K. Smith's) as occupy ground 
south of the railroad bank, will move their camps and stores to any 
convenient camp within reach of the upper levee or landing, leaving 
a strong guard near the foot of the canal. 

III... Increased efforts should be made by the working parties to 
prevent overflow coming from the canal, at least that part of it lying 
north of the railroad. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTRENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 27. J Camp near Vickshurg, January 80, 1863. 

{Extract.) 
Commanders of divisions will cause all grain sacks to be carefully 
saved, collected, and delivered to the Division Quartermaster, who 
will, as soon as they have on hand one hundred sacks, send them 
to the Engineer department north of and near General Stuart's 
Headquarters. 

* * * * ^ 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

V fifteenth army corps, 

No. 34. J Camp before Vickshurg, February 6, 1863. 

{Extract. ) 

1. General Steele will detail the 58th Ohio to report to General 
Grant on board the " Magnolia," at 10 a. m., February 7, 1863, for 
service on the gunboats. They will be organized into companies, 
with one officer to take charge of each company. Any officer with 
the regiment, in excess of this number, will be detached and 
assigned to some other Ohio regiment or battery. 

General Steele will also detail one or two regiments, amounting 
in the aggregate to about 600 men for duty, to go up the river on the 
"Yazoo Cut-Off" expedition in the gunboats. They will be ready 
to embark on steamboats early to-morrow morning, provided with 
fifteen days' rations. As they are to serve on gunboats during this 
expedition, they will not need tents or transportation, and will 
leave them in charge of some officer and regimental guard, to await 
the return of this detachment. 

2. Brigadier General D. Stuart, commanding 2d Division, will 
detail two mounted orderlies and two Infantry men (guards) to 
report to the president of the Military Commission on board 
steamer " Forest Queen." 



3. The officer in charge of the two 30-pounder rifle guns, now in 
position at the mouth of the canal, will deliver them with their 
ammunition and implements to the order of Colonel Ellet, com- 
manding the ram '' Queen of the West," now lying at the lower 
landing. 

The officer commanding the Infantry guard will assist with all his 
men in putting these guns and ammunition on board the "Queen 
of the West,'" in such manner as Colonel Ellet may request. 

* 3t * * -X- 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 36. j Catnp near Vicksburg, February 8, 1863. 

{ Extract.) 

■X- * ■* * 4t 

5. Each division of this corps will furnish a daily detail of 500 
men to work on the canal — reliefs to be at the discretion of Division 
Commanders. They will, with all their officers, report each morn- 
ing at 7 o'clock to Captain Jenney, Engineer officer on the levee, 
between the main levee and the railroad. 

On Monday, (to-morrow,) the 2d Division ; Tuesday, 1st Division, 
and alternately. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 58. J Camp before Vicksburg, March 6, 1863. 

1. Brigadier General F. Steele, commanding 1st Division, will 
reduce the picket at Bigg's plantation to the force of one regiment, 
with as small a quantity of baggage and equipment as possible, in 
order that everything may be withdrawn if rendered necessary by 
high water. 



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2. The battery commanded by Lieutenant Levi W. Hart will be 
removed to the work just finished at the foot of the canal. 

Lieutenant Hart will bring his horses and all articles not immedi- 
ately required for the use of the battery to a point between the 
railroad and the levee at the head of the canal, near the 2d Brigade, 
2d Division. 

General D. Stuart, commanding 2d Division, will keep a sufficient 
force near the new battery to give it ample protection and support. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 10. J Near Vicksbiirg, March 7, 1863. 

Our camps being threatened with overflow, preparations must be 
made to meet such an event. The only safe ground will be the 
levee in front of our camps till the troops can be embarked. 

The water will enter the swamps to the rear of our camps, and 
will fill up, slowly advancing up the ditches and over the fields, 
until the level of the water inside is about eighteen inches below the 
level of the water outside. 

To the 2d Division, General Stuart, is assigned all the levee below 
the point where the " Magnolia" lies. To the 1st Division, Gen- 
eral Steele, all the levee above that point. 

General McClernand's Corps, the 13th, has been ordered by Gen- 
Grant to move up to Milliken's Bend This will give us two points 
to embark, viz : in the slough near General McClernand's Head- 
quarter's, and the present landing where the " Magnolia" lies. 

General Steele's troops will use the former and General Stuart's 
the latter for embarkation of men and property when boats are 
assigned. 

In the meantime each Division Commander will lay oflP and assign 
to each Brigade its proportion of the levee, and this again will be 
subdivided so that each regiment and company will have space for 
the men, provisions, and camp and garrison equipage. 

Each Division Commander will designate the place to be occupied 
by the Artillery and Cavalry When the levee is thus occupied, the 
Quartermaster, J. Condit Smith, will provide yawls and flats to 



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carry stores to and from the boats to the regiments, and will, as soon 
as possible, provide the necessary steamboats to embark the com- 
mand, placing General Steele's boats up the slough now occupied 
by McClernand's Corps, and General Stuart's near the landings of 
the "Magnolia." 

These general instructions are now given, but the troops need not 
vacate their present camps till their respective Division or Brigade 
Commanders think they are in danger ; but all possible prepara- 
tions will be made in advance. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman: 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 11. J Near Vicksburg, March 11, 1863. 

I... Colonel A. K. Johnson, 28th Hlinois Volunteers, having, pur- 
suant to orders from General Grant, reported for duty at these 
Headquarters, is announced as Aide- de- Camp, and will be obeyed 
and respected accordingly. 

II. ..Lieutenant Jacob C. Hill, Aide-de-Carap to Brigadier General 
M. L. Smith, having reported for duty, will remain as Aide to Major 
General Sherman until further orders, and will be respected 
accordingly. 

By order of Major (iieneral W. T. Sherman : 
J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutajit General. 



General Order ) HEADQUARTERS, 

\ FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 13. j Near Vicksburg, March 13, 1863. 

L. M. Dayton, Captain and Aide-de-Camp, is hereby announced 
as Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the 15th Army Corps until 
further orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

J. H. HAMMOND, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEEXTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 14. J .Year Vickshurg, March 14, 1863. 



I. ..The Commissary of Subsistence of this corps will keep his 
provision boat near the landing where the "Magnolia" lies, and 
make every preparation for supplying the troops of this corps. 

Wagons must not drive beyond the levee, but all subsistence 
stores must be carried by hand or on pack mules to the wagons on 
or behind the levee. 

II... General Steele, commanding the 1st Division, will designate 
one of the steamboats at his command as a Commissary boat, and 
the Commissary, Captain Schenck, will keep this boat supplied with 
about ten (10) days' provisions for that division, with an issue clerk 
on board to fill all requisitions properly approved. 

The boat can lie at the point of the levee most convenient for 
General Steele's Division. 

III. ..The Corps Commissary will, by timely requisitions, keep the 
maximum supply of dried fruit, vegetables, fresh and desiccated, 
allowed by law and regulations, and issue the same on proper requi- 
sitions. 

IV... Colonels of regiments and Surgeons are required by law and 
existing orders to see that their commands are supplied with proper 
food, and more especially to give their personal attention to see that 
it is properly cooked. This will prevent more sickness than drugs 
can cure. Well cooked provisions, regular meals, and proper exer- 
cise, are all that is needed to secure health in this climate at this 
season of the year, which has never been regarded as unhealthy in 
winter and spring. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V fifteenth army corps, 

No. 1-5. J Camp before Vicksburg, March 29, 1863. 

Lieutenant Colonel Robert McFreely, having reported for duty, 
is hereby announced as the Commissary of Subsistence for this 
corps. 



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He will at once enter on his duties, inspect the subsistence 
stores on hand subject to his control, make the necessary requisi- 
tions for store boats, to be placed convenient for issue, and will make 
himself personally acquainted with Division, Brigade and Regimental 
Commanders, as well as of their respective Commissaries, to the end 
that the troops of this corps may at all times be regularly and 
properly supplied with subsistence. 

Requisitions for subsistence by Division Commanders will be good 
for all troops regularly assigned to each division. For all detach- 
ments not attached to any regular division, the requisitions will be 
approved at these Headquarters. 

When a detachment is sent from the main body, a copy of the 
order will be sent to the Commissary of Subsistence for the corps, 
who will make it his duty to send along the necessary amount of 
subsistence stores, with an issuing clerk to control their issue. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 77. J Young's Point, La., March 31, 1863. 

{Extract.) 

-«■ * * -x- * 

in. ..The 1st Division, Major General Steele commanding, will 
embark to-morrow, April 1st, 1863, on steamboats at Young's 
Point, for an expedition, concerning which General Steele will 
receive special instructions. 

He will leave Colonel Abbott's regiment on picket, and his sick 
and non- effectives, and necessary camp guards, and take along only 
the effective force, embracing two batteries, his Cavalry and Infan- 
try, with supplies for two weeks. 

He will make requisition on the Chief Quartermaster of General 
Grant's Department for the steamboats necessary to accomplish the 

object of his instructions. 

***** 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Acting Assistaiit Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS 

No. 78. J Young's Point, La., April 1, 1863. 

( Extract. ) 
***** 

3. In accordance with instructions from Department Head- 
quarters, Brigadier General D. Stuart, commanding 2d Division, 
will detail from his command one thousand (1,000) men to report, 
with shovels and spades, to Captain F. E. Prime, Chief of Engi- 
neers, at the lower landing to-morrow morning promptly at 7J 
o'clock, to embark on steamers and receive instructions. This 
detail will be continued daily until further orders, and will be 
relieved each evening at 6 o'clock, and return to the point of 
embarkation. 

4. Brigadier General J. M. Tuttle, having reported for duty in 
pursuance of Special Orders No. 90, Headquarters Department of 
the Tennessee, is hereby assigned to the immediate command of 
the 8th Division, Army of the Tennessee. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 18. ) Young's Point, La., April 3, 1863. 

The 8th Division, Army of the Tennessee, formerly commanded 
by Brigadier General J. E. Smith, and now commanded by Briga- 
dier General J. M. Tuttle, having been assigned as a part of the 
15th Army Corps, will, in connection with this corps, be hereafter 
known and styled as the od Division, 1.5th Army Corps. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. xM. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 19. J Young's Point, La., April 4, 1863. 

I... Brigadier General D. Stuart having been relieved from duty 
with his division by Special Orders No. 92, Headquarters Depart- 
ment of the Tennessee, April 2, 1863, Major General F. P. Blair is 



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appointed to command the same, and will transfer his present brigade 
to the senior officer present for duty with it, and assume command 
of the 2d Division, 15th Army Corps, Headquarters near the centre 
of the present Division camp. 

II. ..In relieving General Stuart of the command of the 2d Divi- 
sion, with which he has been so long identified, the Commanding 
General takes the opportunity to thank him for his energetic, 
patriotic, and successful services. Ever present, ever active, and 
by a high-toned spirit of honor and dignity, imparting to his troops 
a similar tone, he has now the deep respect and affection of his 
men and elicited the praise of all his commanders. 

Whilst all must yield to the decree which parts us for a time, all 
may properly hope that the services of General Stuart are by no 
means lost to a cause which is common to a whole continent, and 
the success of which more interests coming generations than the 
people of the present day. 

His old comrades in arms wish him honor and success in life, and 
will hail his return to the colors, which for a time he must leave to 
the care of others. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEEXTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 21. J Young's Poi7it, La., April 6, 1S6S. 

The following organization and composition of the loth Army 
Corps is hereby announced for the more general information of the 
command : — 

Major General W. T. Sherman commanding. 

Captain L. "SI. Dayton, Captain J. C. McCoy, Lieutenant J. C. 
Hill, Aides-de-Camp. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Hammond, Assistant Adjutant General 
and Chief of Staff". 

Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Sanger, Inspector General. 

Lieutenant Colonel Robert McFeely, Chief Commissary of Sub- 
sistence. 

Captain J. Condit Smith, Chief Quartermaster. 



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Surgeon Charles McMillan, Medical Director. 
Major Ezra Taylor, Chief of Artillery. 
Lieutenant J. C. Neely, Ordnance Officer. 
Captain C. Van Rensselaer, Commissary of Musters. 
Captain William L. B. Jenney, Additional Aide-de-Camp and 
Chief Engineer. 

Lieutenant Julius Pitzman, Topographical Engineer. 

First Division. 

Major General Frederick Steele commanding. 

Lieutenant W. D. Green, Lieutenant Charles F. Scammon, Aides- 
de-Camp. 

Captain J. W. Paddock, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of 
StaflP. 

Captain E. T. S. Schenck, Commissary of Subsistence. 

Lieutenant Francis Fuller, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

Surgeon Samuel C. Plummer, Division Surgeon. 

Lieutenant George C. Sokalski, Assistant Commissary of Musters. 

First Brigade, First Division. 

Colonel H. F. Manter commanding. 

27th Missouri Volunteers, Colonel Thomas Curly commanding. 

13th Illinois Volunteers, Colonel A. B. Gorgas commanding. 

29th Missouri Volunteers, Colonel James Peckham commanding. 

30th Missouri Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Otto Schadt com- 
manding. 

31st Missouri Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Simpson 
commanding. 

32d Missouri Volunteers, Major A. P. Seay commanding. 

Second Brigade, First Division. 
Colonel Charles R. Woods commanding. 
Lieutenant F. H. Wilson, Aide-de-Camp. 

17th Missouri Volunteers, Colonel F. Hassendeubel commanding. 
3d Missouri Volunteers, Colonel Isaac F. Shepard commanding. 
12th Missouri Volunteers, Colonel H. Wangelin commanding. 
76th Ohio Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel William B. Woods 
commanding. 

25th Iowa Volunteers, Colonel George A. Stone commanding. 
31st Iowa Volunteers, Colonel William Smyth commanding. 



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Third Brigade, First Division. 

Brigadier General John M. Thayer commanding. 

Lieutenant W. S. Whitten, Lieutenant A. T. Higbee, Aides-de- 
Camp. 

26th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Colonel Milo Smith commanding. 

9th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Major Don A. Carpenter com- 
manding. 

4th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Colonel James A. Williamson 
commanding. 

oOth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Colonel Charles H. Abbott 
commanding. 

Attached to 1st Division are — 

1st Iowa Battery, Captain H. N. Griffith commanding. 

1st Missouri Horse Artillery, Captain C. Landgrarber command- 
ing. 

4th Ohio Battery, Captain L. Hoffman commanding. 

Company "D," 3d Illinois Cavalry, Captain S. M. Davis com- 
manding. 

Kane County, Illinois Cavalry, Lieutenant T. J. Beebe command- 
ing. 

Second Division. 

Major General F. P. Blair commanding. 

Lieutenant George A. Maguire, Lieutenant Logan Tompkins, 
xiides-de-Camp. 

Captain Charles McDonald, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief 
of Staff. 

Lieutenant E. M. Joell, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

Captain Arden R. Smith, Commissary Subsistence. 

Surgeon E. C. Franklin, Division Surgeon. 

First Brigade, Second Division. 

Colonel Giles A. Smith commanding. 
Captain Nelson Patterson, Aide-de-Camp. 
Captain Edwin E. Furber, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 
Captain Isaac B. Halsey, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 
6th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Colonel J. H. Blood. 
8th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel D. C. 
Coleman. 

loth U. S. Infantry, Major Daniel Chase. 



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113th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Colonel John B. Hoge. 
116th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Colonel N. W. Tupper. 

Second Brigade, Second Division. 

Colonel Thomas Kelby Smith commanding. 

Captain Moodie White, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant H. B. Whetsel, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

55th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Colonel 0. Malmborg com- 
manding. 

54th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Major C. W. Fisher commanding. 

57th Regiment Ohio Volenteers, Colonel W. Mungen command- 
ing. 

83d Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel B. J. Spooner com- 
manding. 

r27th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel H. N. 
Eldridge commanding. 

TMrd Brigade, Second Division. 

Brigadier General Hugh Ewing commanding. 

Lieutenant A. C. Fisk, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain Gordon Lafland, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

Captain J. W. Cornyn, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

Surgeon J. B. Potter, Brigade Surgeon. 

4th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, Colonel J. A. J. Lightburn 
commanding. 

37th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Edwin Seibcr command- 
ing. 

30th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore 
Jones commanding. 

47th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Augustus Parry com- 
manding. 

Attached to the 'id Division are — 

Company '*A," 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Captain P. P. Wood 
commanding. 

Company "B," 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Captain S. E. Barrett 
commanding. 

Company "H," 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Lieutenant William 
Hart commanding. 

Section 8th Ohio Battery, Lieutenant J. Putnam commanding. 



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Companies "A'' and " B," Thieleman's Cavaliy, Captain Thiele- 
man commanding. 

Company " G," 10th Missouri Cavalry, Captain D. W. Ballou 
commanding. 

Third Division. 

Brigadier General J. M. Tattle commanding. 

Lieutenant L. S. Meek, Lieutenant G. W. Blake, Aides-de-Camp. 

Captain James B. Sample, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief" 
of Staff. 

Lieutenant H. Skinner, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

Captain F. Jacobson, Commissary Subsistence. 

Captain A. C. Waterhouse, Chief of Artillery. 

Surgeon George D. Lucas, Division Surgeon. 

First Brigade^ Third Division. 

Brigadier General R. P. Buckland commanding. 

Lieutenant F. Lewings, Aide-de-Camp. 

Lieutenant E. A. Rawson, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

Captain H. W. Buckland, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

Surgeon J. B. Rice, Brigade Surgeon. 

72d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Colonel Le Roy Crocket com- 
manding. 

95th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Colonel W. L. McMillen com- 
manding. 

114th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Colonel J. W. Judy com- 
manding. 

93d Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel DeWitt C. Thomas 
commanding. 

Second Brigade^ Third Division. 

Colonel J. A. Mower commanding. 

Lieutenant J. Blew, Aide-de-Camp. 

Lieutenant E. T. Sprague, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant M. T. Sappington, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. 

11th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Major Eli Bowyer command- 
ing. 

8th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Colonel G. W. Robbins 
commanding. 

47th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, Colonel J. M. Cromwell com- 
manding. 



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5th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, Colonel L. F. Hubbard 
commanding. 

Attached to 3d Division are — 

2d Iowa Battery, Lieutenant J. R. Reed commanding. 

Company "E," 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Lieutenant J. A. Fitch 
commanding. 

A third brigade will be formed under the command of Brigadier 
General J. E. Smith and attached to this division. 

When its composition is known it will be duly announced in 
orders. 

II.,. Division and Brigade Commanders will, with all practical 
dispatch, fill up their staflfs to the proper standard, reporting all 
appointments to these Headquarters. All changes of full and acting 
Staff officers, made by Division and Brigade Commanders, will be 
immediately reported to Corps and Division Headquarters, that 
such changes may at proper intervals be announced for the general 
benefit of the command. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 22. J Young's Point, La., April 7, 1863. 

Captain R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Volun- 
teers, having reported for duty in pursuance of Special Orders No. 
95, from Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, is hereby 
placed on duty at these Headquarters. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 23. j Camp near Vickshurg, April!, 1863. 

I. ..The attention of commanders of regiments and brigades is 
called to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March 19, 
1862, as embraced in General Orders No. 27, of March 21, 1862, 
regarding sutlers. If a copy of this order is not on their files they 
will send a clerk to Headquarters and make a copy. 



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II. ..Each regiment should have a sutler, and only one, and he 
must conduct his business strictly according to law. Until a 
schedule of articles is prescribed by the Board of Officers, provided 
for in said law, the list or schedule embraced in the act itself will 
be observed. 

III... A schedule of prices should be fixed in the manner pre- 
scribed in the second section of said act, which schedule should at 
all times be hung up in the booth, tent or store of the sutler. 

IV. ..When permits to bring stores to this camp by citizens, not 
sutlers, are signed by the Commander of the Corps, a condition is 
attached that such articles must not be retailed, but are brought only 
to allow sutlers to replenish their stock, so that sutlers to regiments 
in this corps are protected to that extent, and can and must sell at 
moderate prices. The Inspector General of the Corps will call for 
the list of prices from time to time, to compare them and see that 
fair dealing is alone permitted. 

v.. .Attention is called to the sixth section of said act: 

" No person can be sutler to but one regiment, cannot underlet 
or sell the privilege, nor sell to an enlisted man on credit to the 
amount of more than the fourth of any one month's pay, or have a 
lien on his pay for more than one-sixth part thereof." 

VI... If regimental sutlers be duly encouraged and protected they 
can amply supply the necessary wants of the officers and soldiers at 
a fair and moderate price, and the peddling and irregular traffic of 
steamboats can be stopped. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 24. j Camp near Vicksburg, April 8, 1863. 

I. ..Lieutenant John C. Neely, Ordnance Officer of the Corps, 
will be provided with a steamboat, subject to his control and orders 
from these Headquarters. He will keep on hand at the rate of 
500 rounds of ammunition for the field batteries, and 300 rounds of 
cartridges for the Infantry, in excess of what is in the hands of the 



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troops. He will also make arrangements to receive all spare arms, 
serviceable and unserviceable, in the possession of the commanders 
of regiments, assort and box them, retain them on hand or send 
them to Memphis, according to the capacity of his boat or the 
probable necessities of the service. 

II... Commanders of regiments and companies will habitually 
keep on hand and in the cartridge boxes one hundred rounds per 
man ; field batteries their boxes filled, and as much more as they 
have wagon transportation for. All else will be turned in to the 
Ordnance officer for safe and convenient storage and to be held in 
reserve. The immediate commanding officer of the troops will see 
that their arms are in first rate order, will select an armorer, as pro- 
vided in General Orders No. 189, 1862, and procure for him as soon 
as possible the armorer's tools named in said order. 

All arms, accoutrements, implements, harness and other property 
of the Ordnance Department in excess of the wants of the troops, 
will be carefully cleaned and delivered to Lieutenant Neely, who 
will receipt for the same. 

III. ..Inspector Generals and Commanders of Divisions and 
brigades will see that these orders are carefully observed. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 25. J Camp before Vicksburg, April 9, 1863. 

I. ..In consequence of the change in the location of camps, the 
following modifications are made in the grand guards and pickets 
of the corps: — 

The 1st Division will guard from the break in the levee above 
General Blair's Headquarters to Young's Point, with a picket of 
one regiment at or near Biggs' plantation up to the foot of the canal, 
with communication back to these Headquarters in boats across the 
swamp. 



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II. ..The 2d Division will guard from General Blair's Headquar- 
ters down the levee to the canal, with a picket of one regiment at 
the canal, with vedettes beyond the canal around to its outlet. 

III. ..The 3d Division will guard its own camp and the new canal 
now in process of construction, back to the Hecla plain when the 
canal is finished out to it. 

IV... Guards and sentinels will, in addition to the standing Tules 
heretofore prescribed, prevent the wrong habit of peddling on the 
part of soldiers, hucksters and steamboat hands. Trading must be 
limited to sutlers in their proper tents or booths, and prices regulated 
by the proper inspectors and councils of administration, according 
to law. The levees must be kept clean for the use of the troops 
camped behind, and be used only for teams necessarily going and 
coming from supply boats. 

v.. .Burials in the levee must be discontinued. Brigade Com- 
manders will select some spot, suitable for burials, near their camps 
and to the rear, if possible, and will give minute orders relating to 
the burial of men belonging to their command, and guards will not 
permit coffins to be landed from steamboats on the levee, unless 
some responsible officer be there to receive them and provide for 
their proper interment. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 87. J Camp near Vicksbitrg, Ajjril 15, 1868. 

(Extract.) 
1. The 30th Regiment Iowa Infantry, Colonel C. H. Abbott com- 
manding, is relieved from duty at Biggs' plantation, and will return 
to the Division Camp. Colonel Abbott will, however, keep one 
company of his regiment at the foot of the canal as a party of 
observation, to be permanently stationed at that point, or relieved 
from time to time by companies from the same regiment as Colonel 
Abbott may choose. 



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2. Paragraph 2 of General Orders No. 25, from these Headquar- 
ters, of date April 9, 1863, is so far modified as to call for a picket 
of one-half, instead of a whole regiment at the canal, with vedettes 
beyond the canal around to the battery. 

^ * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistarit Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 90. J Camp near Vicksburg, April 20, 1863. 

{Extract.) 



2. General Thomas, from the Headquarters of the Army, Wash- 
ington City, D. C, proposes to address the troops at this camp at 
10 A. M. to-morrow, Tuesday, on the "policy of the war." The 
brigades of the 2d Division and regiments of the 1st Division, not 
detached, and companies of Artillery and Cavalry, will be formed on 
their respective parade grounds without arms or accoutrements, but 
dressed in their best uniforms, and marched to a point facing the 
levee near General Blair's Headquarters, at a point to be selected 
by him, and the troops on arrival will be arranged by General 
Blair, according to the nature of the ground. 

A single gun from Hart's battery will be the signal for attention, 
and officers and men will listen to the remarks of General Thomas 
and heed them as the voice of our Government. 

A second gun from the same battery will be the signal for march- 
ing the troops back to their respective brigades. 

Officers and men will preserve their places in ranks during the 
speaking, and conduct themselves as they know good soldiers should. 

General Blair will make all arrangements necessary to carry this 
order into effect. 

* * * -x- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 92. j Camp near Vicksburg, April 22, 1863. 

(Extract.) 
***** 
3. The 1st Division, Major General Steele commanding, now 
detached at Greenville, Mississippi, will at once return to its camp 
at Young's Point and prepare for a new move. 

The Corps Quartermaster, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, will dispatch 
to Greenville such boats as he can spare, with this order ; and if 
General Steele, commanding the division, has not sufficient boats 
to move the whole command at once, he can leave a brigade, or less 
detachment if prudent, and send boats back for them after reaching 
Young's Point. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 26. ) Camp near Vickshurg, April 25, 1863. 

I. ..Pursuant to Special Orders No. 110, from the Headquarters 
Department of the Tennessee, the 15th Army Corps will march to 
Carthage, via Milliken's Bend and Richmond, by the left flank, viz: 
in the order of 3d, 2d, and 1st Divisions. 

1. The 3d Division, General Tuttle commanding, will march on 
Monday to Milliken's Bend, thence to Richmond, and keep closed 
upon the rear of General McPherson's Corps. 

2. The 2d Division, General Blair commanding, will, on Monday, 
be transported in boats to the landing just above the Van Buren 
hospital, whence it will march to Richmond, and keep closed up the 
3d Division. 

3. The 1st Division, General Steele commanding, will, on arrival 
from Greenville, land at the old camp, gather up their camp equip- 
age, and proceed by boats to a point near General Grant's Head- 
quarters, at Milliken's Bend, and thence march to Richmond, and 
keep closed up on 2d Division. 

II. ..The march will be conducted by brigades, and the wagon train 
disposed by each Brigadier, so as to obstruct the roads as little as 



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possible ; but each Brigadier will keep with his wagon train a suffi- 
cient guard to assist them in case of accident. 

III. ..The convalescents' camp of the 3d Division will be established 
near the site of their present camp ; that for the 2d and 1st Divisions 
at a point convenient between Van Buren hospital and General 
Grant's old Headquarters. 

IV... Each Division Commander will deposit his spare tents and 
property in connection with his convalescents' camp, and may leave 
a disabled officer, specially charged, to take care of and account for 
the same, with such detail as he may think necessary. The officers, 
however, in command of these several convalescents' camps, must 
report for orders to General Sullivan, in command of the troops left 
behind. 

v.. .General Tuttle will begin the movement on Monday, the 27th 
instant, and not leave the river at Milliken's Bend till he has reason 
to believe the rear brigade of General McPherson is at least ten 
miles out; and all Division Commanders will so manage that when 
they leave the river their trains shall have ten days' rations and 
about one hundred (100) rounds of cartridges in addition to those 
in the boxes of the men. 

Each soldier should carry 60 cartridges, two days' cooked rations, 
a tin cup, and a good overcoat or blanket. 

The wagons must carry chiefly provisions, and the very smallest 
allowance of officers' baggage and cooking utensils. 

The march should be slow, but very regular. 

The utmost attention must be given to keeping the men in the 
ranks during the march. At a rest, the arms should be stacked, 
and then the men can lie down. At night the brigade should be 
moved to one or other side of the road ; guards posted and men 
bivouacked, in order easily to take the road in the morning. 

VI, ..Division Commanders will use their Cavalry to communicate 
with the troops to their front and rear, and will preserve intervals, 
so that the troops of different divisions will not commingle. 

VII. ..Each Division Commander will be provided with a correct 
map by Captain Pitzman, from which Brigade Commanders should 
make sketches. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I fifteenth army corps, 

No. 27. J Camp hefore Vicksburg, April 26, 1863. 

In consequence of orders, this moment received from General 
Grant, the execution of General Orders No. 26 is hereby suspended. 
General Steele's Division will encamp at Milliken's Bend. 
General Blair's Division will remain as now. 
General Tuttle's Division will remain at the canal. 
Instructions to each will be given by letter. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y fifteenth army corps. 

No. 96. J Camp riear Vicksburg, April 28, 1863. 

1. In compliance with instructions from Major General Grant, a 
combined gunboat and army expedition will be made up the Yazoo 
for the purpose of diverting the attention of the enemy from the 
movements now in progress below Vicksburg. 

This demonstration will be made as soon as the gunboat " Choc- 
taw," hourly expected, has arrived. 

2. The Corps Quartermaster, Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith, 
will provide ten (10) good steamboats, and have them at the lower 
landing near these Headquarters by to-morrow morning. 

3. General F. P. Blair will detail ten (10) good regiments of his 
division to be ready with three days' rations, 60 rounds of ammuni- 
tion, and in light marching order, ready to embark promptly on a 
signal of two guns from Hart's battery, which will be fired as soon 
as notice is received that the gunboats are ready. 

4. Wood's and Barrett's batteries will be embarked at Milliken's 
Bend, and will afterwards be distributed — one section of guns to a 
boat — and the artillerists will make a barricade for themselves and 
their guns on the forward decks of hay bales. 

5. Although there be no intention to make an attack on Haines' 
Bluff, or, indeed, to disembark the troops, yet all preparations 



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should be made to take advantage of any opportunity afforded 
by events. Officers and Surgeons will make the same preparations 
as though a battle were contemplated. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

As.nstant Adjutant General. 

General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 29. j Camp before Vicksburg, May 2, 1863. 

I. ..The 3d Division, Brigadier General Tuttle commanding, will 
move, via Richmond and Smith's plantation, to Perkins" plantation, 
on the Mississippi, below Carthage. 

II. ..The 1st Division, Major General Steele commanding, will 
move, via Richmond and Smith's plantation, to Perkins'. 

These two divisions will dispose of their camps, property, con- 
valescents and sick in the manner described in General Orders No. 26. 
III. ..The 2d Division, Major General Blair commanding, will 
move from its present camp to Milliken's Bend, selecting good 
camps in compact shape, and will guard this end of the line as far 
as Richmond. Special written instructions will be given to General 
Blair from time to time by General Grant, or the General command- 
ing this corps. 

IV. ..The Commanding General, 15th Army Corps, will move 
to-day to Milliken's Bend ; this evening, or early to-morrow morning, 
to Richmond, and thence to Perkins' place, to which point all com- 
munications for him will be addressed. 

v.. .The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of this corps will 
dispose their supply boats at some convenient point of Milliken's 
Bend, and will use extraordinary efforts to push forward supplies, 
both for our own corps and General Grant's army; but the officers 
and men of the whole army should be impressed with the real diffi- 
culty of supplying so large an army of men and horses by such a 
road, and that the men must carry on their persons as heavy loads 
as they can bear. The march should be slow, with regular rests, 
and so arranged that troops will not be kept standing and waiting 
unnecessarily. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 30. J Milliken's Rend, La., May 1, 1863. 

I... General F. P. Blair will take charge of all the coimtry border- 
ing the Mississippi and back as far as Richmond, and will give all 
needful orders at Milliken's Bend. 

At least two regiments of Infantry and one of Cavalry will be 
kept at Richmond, and one regiment should protect the road. The 
other regiment of Cavalry will, as soon as it returns from the scout, 
be ordered to patrol the road from Richmond to Smith's plantation, 
near Carthage. 

II. ..The convalescents and men left behind by the absent regi- 
ments must be reduced to order and system. The officer senior in 
rank with each regiment, brigade, or division, must be made to 
report, and keep his men in camp, subject to orders and their 
appropriate share of labor. The Surgeons of course control all 
men in general hospital, but the commanding officer present must 
command the men and be held responsible that they earn their pay 
and do military duty to the extent of their strength. 

Because men are unable to march, or because they are under 
medical treatment, there is no reason why they should not remain 
in camp and be prepared to handle their muskets when the lives and 
safety of all require it. 

III... When provision trains or other stores are sent from Milliken's 
Bend to the army below, General Blair will detail a sufficient escort 
to accompany each, composed, as far as possible, of the men left 
behind belonging to regiments in the advance, with orders to report 
to their respective commands for duty. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 98. j Perkins' Plantation, La., May 5, 1863. 

In accordance with instructions from Department Headquarters, 
the 2d Division, Major General Bkiir commanding, will immediately 
take up the line of march for Grand Gulf, leaving two regiments at 
Richmond and two at Milliken's Bend. 

By order of Major (leneral W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

I fifteenth army corps. 

No. 99. ) Hard Times, La., May 6, 1863. 

1. The head of column of the 1st and 3d Divisions will be halted 
on the road at the Red House, before reaching this place. The 
advance brigade will not be moved forward from that point until its 
Commander or Quartermaster shall make the necessary arrangements 
for crossing the river to Grand Gulf by boats. Each brigade will, 
in like manner, be halted at the Red House, on its arrival at that 
point, until its Commander or Quartermaster shall have gone forward 
and prepared for the crossing of his brigade. The animals belong- 
ing to each brigade will, while halting at or near that point, be 
allowed to feed or graze on the corn patches and fields in that 
vicinity. 

2. The 4th Iowa Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Swan commanding, 
will at once push forward and cross the Mississippi River to Grand 
Gulf, after General Tuttle's Division crosses. On arriving at Grand 
Gulf, the regiment will proceed with all possible dispatch and report 
to Major General Sherman, or Major General Grant, whoever may 
be most practicable. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Ordehs ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 100. j Hard Times, La., May 7, 1863. 

1. The 25th Iowa, Colonel Stone, will take post at Hard Times 
Landing, and control the movements of troops and trains across to 
Grand Gulf, pushing matters as fast as possible. 

Colonel Stone, to this extent, will judge of the order in which 
teams shall be passed over, allowing only wagons loaded with pro- 
visions and ammunition, at the rate of two per regiment, to take 
precedence of all others. 

2. General Tuttle's Division will be passed over, and then the 
wagons of the troops in advance ; but all trains loaded with pro- 
visions in the nature of supply trains, arriving after to-morrow, will 
be unloaded, the stores boated across to Grand Gulf, and the 
wagons sent back to Milliken's Bend, to be used on the new road. 

3. As soon as General Mc Arthur's Division, or that of General 
Blair, arrives. Colonel Stone will consider himself relieved, will 
turn over to the Commander of said division a copy of this order, 
and himself proceed to Grand Gulf. If he then learns that his 
division, (Steele's,) is not more than twenty miles out, he will 
follow and join his proper brigade and division. But if the army 
be too far to the front, Colonel Stone will await the arrival at Grand 
Gulf of General Blair's Division and accompany it on its march to 
the front. 

4. The commanding officers at Perkin's and Smith's plantations 
will stop all wagons, no matter what army corps they belong to, 
coming to their stations from Milliken's Bend, if unprovided with 
military escort, and unload them at the nearest point on the Missis- 
sippi bank, and immediately order them to return to Milliken's 
Bend to report to the Chief Quartermaster, to be employed in haul- 
ing rations on the new road. 

This order is issued in accordance with direction's from General 
Grant. This order will apply to wagons arriving at Hard Times. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 101. J Grand Gulf, Miss., May 7, 1863. 

1. The 1st Division, Major General Steele commanding, and the 
3d Division, Brigadier General Tuttle commanding, will be pre- 
pared to move early to-morrow morning. Sufficient ammunition 
to make up 100 rounds per man, and three days' rations will be 
carried — the three day's rations will be made to last five days. If 
necessary for its transportation, ambulances will be used to haul the 
ammunition not carried by the men. 

2. A competent officer will be left by each Division Commander 
to receive the extra wagons as fast as they arrive from the other 
side of the river, and load them with provisions, to be forwarded 
to the troops. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 31. j HanJcinson^s Ferry, Miss., May 9, 1863. 

The General commanding has reason to notice a few things to 
which he invites general attention on the part not only of all com- 
manders but of the men themselves. 

1. All know the difficulty of hauling and ferrying provisions to 
Grand Gulf, and that this array must, in a measure, subsist on the 
enemy ; but every effort has been made and will be made to bring 
bread, salt, coffee, and sugar to the depot at Grand Gulf 

Brigade Commissaries will forage the country and try to keep on 
hand beef, mutton, calves, and hogs ; kill and issue them in fair 
ratio. 

Corn can also be gathered, and each wagon should always have 
one day's feed ; and at all halts for noon, and when roads are to be 
repaired, horses should be allowed to browse on grass or cornfields. 
But the men themselves must be made to understand the absolute 
necessity of economizing provisions. They should think of the day 
after to-morrow rather than of the day. 



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2. Every useless person should at once be sent to the rear. If 
any Surgeon or Brigade Quartermaster finds a negro man or woman 
riding a horse, not the private property of some officer entitled to a 
spare horse by law, he may seize the horse and appropriate it to the 
use of some sick or tired soldier. 

3. Any teamster who hauls in his wagon a negro woman or lazy 
idler at a time when men are on short rations should be punished 
severely. If a soldier, he should be sent to his company, and if a 
negro or hired citizen, be dismissed and sent back at the order of 
the Brigadier. 

4. All negro women or idlers, white or black, must be sent back 
to Grand Gulf to-day. 

5. No men are allowed to wander from their color lines unless 
detailed as a regular foraging party, armed and provided for the 
occasion. Brigade Commanders may send out foraging parties. 
Division Commanders may send back wagon and pack trains to 
Grand Gulf for provisions and ammunition. 

6. Every officer and man must at all hours be ready to spring to 
their arms, and form their ranks to meet an enemy, to which end 
brigade commanders should acquaint themselves familiarly with the 
topography of the neighborhood, its roads and fields, streams, 
woods, &c. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I fifteenth army corps. 

No. 32. J Hanki7ison^s Ferri/, Miss., Mai/ 9, 186S. 

I. ..To-morrow at 12 o'clock (noon) the pickets will be called in 
from the north side of Black River, and the bridge completely 
destroyed. 

At 2 o'clock p. M. the 1st Division will move forward via Rocky 
Springs to the crossing of Big Sandy, a distance of nine miles. 
The following day the march will be continued on the main Jackson 
road to the neighborhood of Auburn. 



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II. ..The 3d Division, General Tuttle, now encamped at Willow 
Springs, will march to-day (the 9th) to Rocky Springs and encamp 
and remain till early on the morning of the 11th, when it will march 
and keep closed up on General Steele, following the same road, viz : 
the main Jackson road, via Cayuga P. 0. and Auburn. 

III. ..The 2d Division, General Blair, will, on crossing to Grand 
Gulf, collect all wagons belonging to the corps, no matter what 
particular division they may belong to, and see them all loaded up 
with salt, bread, sugar, and coffee, and having formed a train, will 
escort it forward by as rapid marches as is possible, without impair- 
ing the physical strength of his men, to the other divisions of the 
corps, taking the main Jackson road via Willow Springs, Rocky 
Springs, Cayuga P. 0., and Auburn. At Auburn orders will be 
left for him . 

IV. ..Division Commanders will give the utmost attention to this 
march, so conducting it that all parts of the command, Infantry, 
Artillery and wagon trains, will be at all times ready for battle. 

Straggling must be absolutely prevented, by force, if necessary, 
on the part of carefully appointed rear guards, and, when possible, 
small details of Cavalry. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

l FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 33. j Hankinson's Ferry, Miss., May 10, 1863. 

Captain James C. McCoy, Aide-de-Camp, is hereby announced as 
Acting Assistant Inspector General for this Army Corps, until fur- 
ther orders, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 34. j Camp near 14-mile Creek, Miss., May 12, 1863. 

The constant firing of guns and pistols in the vicinity of our 
camps makes it impossible to distinguish the firing of an enemy or 
of our own pickets from that of men shooting hogs and chickens. 
The safety of an army cannot be imperiled by such utter want of 
sense on the part of soldiers, and neglect of duty on the part of the 
commanders of regiments and detached companies. 

II... Division Commanders will instruct their guards and send out 
patrols to arrest all men out of camp with arms, whether muskets, 
carbines or pistols. Such arms will be taken away and the soldiers 
be punished by fine or otherwise by the sentence of a field officer. 
Any commander of a regiment who allows his men to carry their 
arms away from the color lines without being sent away on guard or 
other duty, will be arrested and tried for neglect of duty and diso- 
bedience of these orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 103. I Camp near l^-mile Creek, Miss., May 12, 1863. 

1. Lieutenant Colonel Swan, commanding 4th Iowa Cavalry, will 
detach one battalion of his command, and order it to proceed at 
once to Hall's Ferry to guard the crossing until the trains coming 
from Grand Gulf shall have passed, when it will join General 
Blair's Division and proceed to the front. 

2. The 1st Iowa Battery, Captain H. S. Griffith commanding, 
having been substituted for Company "A," 2d Illinois Light Artil- 
lery, is hereby assigned to the 1st Division, and Captain Griffith will 
forthwith report to Major General Frederick Steele, commanding. 

3. The 1st and 3d Divisions of this corps will march to-morrow 
morning; the 3d Division, Brigadier General Tuttle commanding, 
leading. General Tuttle will start his division at 4 o'clock a. m. on 
the Raymond road, and General Steele will follow, well closed up. 



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The 4th Iowa Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Swan commanding, will 
be prepared to march at that time, and will go in advance of General 
Tuttle, on the arrival of his division at the Cavalry camp. 

4. The regiment of Infantry belonging to General Tuttle' s Divi- 
sion, detached at Baldwin's Ferry, will proceed to join the division 
at this place to-night. 

The bearer will guide them. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 104. j Mississippi Springs, Miss., May IS, 18Q^. 

1. The 1st and 3d Divisions of this corps will move to-morrow 
morning on the road to Jackson, Mississippi, punctually at 5 o'clock 
A. M., the 3d Division leading, with the Cavalry under Lieutenant 
Colonel Swan in the advance as to-day. 

2. Order of March. 

First. — Tuttle^ s Division. 

Mower's Brigade and two batteries of Artillery. 

Matthies' Brigade. 

Buckland's Brigade. 

Each brigade to be followed by two ambulances and one ammu- 
nition wagon per regiment. 

All other wagons to follow the division under charge of some 
Quartermaster who will, on the occurrence of danger, move them 
out of the road so that they can promptly regain it. 

Side fences and cross fences to be let down by skirmishers and 
regiments whenever a halt or delay takes place. 

Second.— Steele^ s Division. 
Manter's Brigade. 
Thayer's Brigade. 
Wood's Brigade. 



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Artillery — two batteries near the front, and one towards the 
rear — two ambulances and one ammunition wagon to be near each 
regiment ; all other wagons and vehicles to be massed in rear with 
a guard. 

March must be steady forward — skirmishers forward and to the 
right. The enemy will not probably stand till near Jackson. 

3. The Cavalry will feel well to the front and right. General 
McPherson's Corps is on our left and abreast of us. McClernand's 
follows on both roads. 

4. The men and officers must keep their posts. Thirst and fatigue 
are to be expected, but the safety and success of all will make all 
good soldiers bear cheerfully the deprivation of rest and water. 
We must strike before the enemy can concentrate after we have cut 
his line in two. Men found in ambulances, on mules or horses, 
without a written ticket of a Surgeon, must be dismounted and sent 
to their ranks. 

Rear Guards must do their whole duty. Straggling now is as 
much a crime as rebellion, and will justify extreme and summary 
punishment, and officers and rear guards will be justified in inflict- 
ing immediate punishment on men avoiding their full share of duty. 

Our corps must be first in the breach, but must be compact and 
strong. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS. 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 105. J Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863. 

1. The 'id Brigade, 3d Division, Brigadier General J. A. Mower 
commanding, will constitute the garrison of the post of Jackson, 
Mississippi. General Mower will report to the Commanding 
General for specific instructions. 

General Mower will detail a Provost Marshal for the post, and all 
prisoners of war will be sent to him at the State House. 

The 1st and 3d Divisions of this corps will proceed early to-mor- 
row morning to destroy the railroads leading from this post. The 1st 
Division taking the roads running to the east and south, and the 3d 
Division those to the north and west. The destruction of the roads 



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will be extended out as far as possible, and must be complete. The 
rails and ties will be taken up, and placed in stacks, and the ties set 
on fire in order .to warp the rails, and so render them unfit for use. 
Dispatch is of the utmost importance. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 35. J Jackson, Miss., May 15, 1863. 

I. ..The work of destruction to railroads, Artillery and other pub- 
lic property, heretofore begun, will be prosecuted with the utmost 
energy till 11 a. m. to-morrow, all working parties coming towards 
the main depot, where all the iron and ties should be effectually 
destroyed. 

II. ..At daylight to-morrow, all heavy wagons will be dispatched 
under escort made up of details from each regiment embracing the 
foot-sore and tired men back on the road we came, and will await 
the arrival of the column at iMississippi Springs. 

III. ..At 12 o'clock (noon) to-morrow,General Steele's Division will 
march by the same road, reaching Mississippi Springs about 4 p. m. 

He will be followed by General Tuttle's Division, General 
Mower's Brigade bringing up the rear, and marching from the State 
House at 1 p. m. 

All the captured tents, harness and other matarials now in use by 
the different regiments, and not needed for further use, will be fired 
at the time of abandoning the camps. 

One battalion of Cavalry will precede the column and the others 
follow. 

IV... Division, Brigade and Regimental Commanders and Quarter- 
masters will see that their wagons are ready to move at daylight, 
and will place some officer in charge of each brigade train and keep 
them distinct so that they may follow their respective brigades at 
Mississippi Springs. 

The march hence to Bolton must be rapid, but in the best order. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 106. J Jackson, Miss., May 15 — 1 p. m. 

The route of march to-morrow will be by the Clinton road instead 
of by Mississippi Springs. All other details will be as described in 
General Orders No. 35 of this date. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 36. J Bolton, Miss., May 16, 1863. 

The movement to-morrow will be as follows : — 

I. ..All the effective Cavalry will constitute the advance, and will 
move as soon as day breaks by a road that will be explained to them 
by the General commanding. All the non-effectives will be put 
under an officer and ordered to accompany the wagon train to 
protect it. 

II... General Steele's Division will lead and General Tuttle's fol- 
low. Each Division Commander will designate a good officer to 
take charge of the tired and foot-sore, to remain with the wagon 
train, composed of all the wagons of this corps, which will follow 
the troops, and as soon as firing is heard in the front the wagons 
will be parked and all wagon guards will prepare to defend it. 

III. ..The troops will march light, followed only by ammunition 
wagons and ambulances, which will follow brigades. 

IV. ..The occasion calls for the utmost energy of all the troops. 
One determined effort and the opportunity for which we have all 
labored so hard and patiently will not be lost. Our destination is 
now the Black River, thirteen miles distant, beyond which lies 
Vicksburg. 

The Commanding General announces that the other corps with 
which we are acting have to-day signally repulsed the enemy, and 
our part is to make that repulse a complete defeat. 

v.. .The Artillery of each division will be massed and kept near 
the front of each division. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 37. J Bridgeport, Miss., May 17, 1863. 

This corps will move on the road to Vicksburg at early dawn 
to-morrow, the 2d Division in the advance, followed by the 1st and 
3d Divisions in the order named. 

The Artillery of the 3d Division will cross the river before dawn. 

The 2d Brigade, od Division, Brigadier General Mower com- 
manding, will remain on the east bank of the river until the trans- 
portation of the corps shall have been passed over under the 
direction of the Chief Quartermaster, and will then cross the bridge 
and await orders from the General commanding. 

The brigade of General Ewing will cross in rear of General Tut- 
tle's Division, and at the first halt for rest will push forward and 
take its place in the column. 

All prisoners of war and soldiers left behind from sickness or 
other cause will be subject to the command of General Mower. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 38. J Walnut Hills, Miss., May 21, 1863. 

In addition to the details set forth in Special Orders No. 136, 
from Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, the following is 
added : — 

General Blair's and Tuttle's Divisions will assault along the main 
road by the flank, the head of column preceded by a selected or 
volunteer storming party of about 150 men. 

The skirmishers along our whole front will, during the night, 
advance within 100 yards of the enemy's works, and will, with the 
spade or axe prepare pits or fallen trees, so as to give them cover, 
from which to kill Artillerists who attempt to load the guns ; also 
to keep down the fire of the enemy's Infantry in the rifle-pits during 
the assault. 

As soon as the head of column is seen to enter the works, these 
skirmishers will hastily scale the works and fire upon the enemy, 
and drive him as far as possible. 



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The Artillery will collect all the ammunition they can, close at 
hand, and will begin at daylight to fire on the enemy's sally-ports, 
the bastions and batteries, that have a fire on the ground over which 
the column must pass, firing with great care and precision, reserving 
in their caissons, if possible, about 100 rounds of canister and 
shrapnel for service after passing the parapet. 

No wagons of any kind will attend the assaulting column ; but, as 
soon as the Infantry has passed inside, the Artillery will follow, and 
after the Artillery, the ambulances and ammunition wagons, one to 
a regiment. No other wagons will enter the enemy's lines until we 
are in full possession of Vicksburg and notice is given Division 
Commanders to call up their wagons. 

Officers will assault on foot, but may have their horses brought to 
them inside by their servants as soon as the troops have passed in. 

General Steele's Division will, in like manner, attack by any route 
he may select, the one to the front of Thayer being suggested. 

Bach column will attack by the watch and not depend on signals. 

All must presume that others are doing their best and do their full 
share. As soon as the enemy gives way he must be pushed to the 
very heart of the city, where he must surrender. 

There is another valley or bayou on the other side of the one now 
separating us from the enemy. If the enemy retreats across that 
bayou our troops must follow at their heels and not permit them to 
rally in an interior work. 

The General now looks to his corps to give the world the signal 
example of steady courage and its result, success. We must have 
Vicksburg, and most truly have we earned it by former sacrifices 
and labor. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

HEADQUARTERS, 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

[Mem. Orders.] Walnut Hills, Miss., Mai/ 21, 1863. 

The Chief Engineer, Quartermaster, and Commissary will perfect, 
the arrangements about supplies. 

The Cavalry will keep a picket on Black River, near Bridgeport, 
and constantly patrol the country to the north and east. 



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The troops will press the enemy at all points with sharpshooters, 
and all officers are charged to study the ground to the front and rear 
of their positions. A map will soon be prepared embracing our 
part of the general line. 

Division Commanders may take advantage of any opening to 
make a lodgment inside the enemy's works. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 39. J Walnut Hills, Miss., May 22, 1863. 

I... General Blair will hold the present ground now occupied by 
Generals Ewing and Giles A. Smith, and will withdraw the other 
brigade to a position of easy support. 

II. ..General Tuttle will dispose two of his brigades to support the 
batteries, and hold the other in reserve near the forks of the road. 

III... Generals Ewing and Giles A. Smith will construct, in their 
front, a rifle pit or breast hight of logs, and lay out a covered road 
to their rear, to be constructed as soon as tools can be procured. 

IV. ..The Artillery will hold its present position and lose no time 
or efibrt in renewing the supplies of ammunition. 

v.. .Each regiment will, under cover of night, remove their dead 
and wounded; inter the former and remove the latter to the hospi- 
tals. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 40. J Walnut Hills, Miss., May 2^, 186^. 

I. ..The works of the enemy being too strong to be carried by 
assault, must be reduced by a system of regular approabhes. 

These should be made according to the well established principles 
of the military art; and to secure a fair share of labor, and to keep 
the good soldier at his post, the following rules will apply to this 
corps : — 



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II. ..Each Division Commander will call in his Pioneer Corps, and 
proceed to make a good covered road from his base towards some 
salient of the work in his front, taking every advantage of the 
natural ravinous character of this country. Where these valleys do 
not fulfill the object, the regular " Sap " must be made. Captain 
Jenney will forthwith repair to these Headquarters and give his 
general supervision of this work, appointing an engineer to each 
branch of the work. On this species of work soldiers may properly 
be employed, and negro labor when organized. 

III. ..It is the duty of the Quartermaster's Department to look to 
roads and communications to the rear, and it is made the duty of 
Division Quartermasters to look to the roads leading to our depot, 
viz : Lake's landing at mouth of Chickasaw. These Quartermasters 
will impress negroes and soldiers hanging behind their regiments 
without arms and dodging their share of duty and labor ; and that 
these may be distinguished from the soldier in the proper perform- 
ance of his duty, or the negro servant of the officer, all teamsters 
and authorized servants should be furnished a written ticket or order 
assigning him to such duty. When not so provided, any Division 
or Brigade Quartermaster will impress him and put him to useful 
work. Sickness also will not be pleaded as an excuse. Sick sol- 
diers must stay in their regimental camps or at their hospitals. If 
well enough to wander about, they can work on a road or in loading 
wagons. 

The north line of defenses of Vicksburg are our military "object." 
Grand depot at the mouth of Chickasaw. Temporary supplies of 
ammunition and provisions will be kept in the rear of each division. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS 

No. 112. J Walnut Hills, Miss., May 28, 1863. 

{Extract.) 
* -x- * * * 

2. General Tuttle will establish a picket of five companies, to be 
relieved daily from General Buckland's Brigade, on the Benton 
road at a point called Marshall's. 



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Colonel Eldridge, commanding 127th Illinois Infantry, will leave 
one company at the landing, and, with the rest of his regiment, will 
take post where the Vicksburg and Haines' Bluff road crosses 
Chickasaw Creek, keeping a strong picket on the road to Haines' 
Bluff and the road running towards the Benton road, at least a mile 
in advance on each road. The instructions contained in Special 
Orders No. 143, Headquarters of Department, will be rigidly 
observed by all pickets. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 114. J Walnut Hills, Miss., Maij 30, 1863. 

[Extract) 



4. All unemployed negroes in this command will be sent forthwith 
to report to Lieutenant Bryant, at Department Headquai'ters. 

5. The picket on the Benton road will be composed of a regiment 
of Infantry, to be designated by General Tuttle, a battalion of Cav- 
alry, to be designated by Lieutenant Colonel Swan, and one section 
of Artillery, to be designated by Major Taylor, all under the com- 
mand of the senior officer commanding the Infantry regiment. 

This picket will take post beyond Templeton's farm, near where 
the road forks to Benton and Milldale. 

6. The officer in command will cause all the bridges across Clear 
Creek to the right to be destroyed, and will make a good ditch and 
parapet near the forks, across the ridge, where the ravines on the 
right and left are most narrow and rugged ; will construct a tempo- 
rary bridge across the ditch, to be destroyed on the first intimation 
of 4;he approach of the enemy, and will fell trees to the right and 
left in the ravines, so as to command, as well as possible, all travel 
on said road. 



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7. He will keep Cavalry vedettes well out on the Benton road, 
report daily by letter to these Headquarters, and will give the earliest 
possible notice of the approach of any large force from that direc- 
tion. He will hold it against all odds, if necessary, till reinforced 
or recalled. 

No citizens will be allowed to enter the lines, or leave them, 
unless permission be first obtained in writing from General Grant, 
or the General commanding this corps, nor will officers or soldiers 
pass in or out, unless they be in regularly organized bodies, sent on 
military service, or officers or orderlies bearing written dispatches. 

8. The Benton road beyond the forks will be obstructed by all 
possible means, such as burning bridges, felling trees, cutting 
ditches, and facing hills. 

9. The 4th Iowa Cavalry, after its return from the present expedi- 
tion, will camp near Marshall's place, and will be held in readiness 
for instant service, when called on. 

10. The picket posted at Marshall's will be relieved as soon as the 
one fixed in this order is stationed. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 43. J Walnut Hills, Miss., June 8, 1863. 

I... Captain J. C. McCoy, Aide-de-Camp, is hereby relieved from 
duty as Acting Inspector General of the 15th Army Corps. 

II... Captain Charles Ewing. 13th IT. S. Infantry, is hereby detailed 
as Acting Inspector General of the 15th Army Corps, and will 
report for duty and instructions at these Headquarters. He will be 
acknowledged and respected as such, with the right to visit divisions, 
brigades, regiments and detachments, composing the corps, and 
may make absolute inspections, or call for reports, to enable him to 
fulfill his office. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 44. J Camp Walnut Hills, Miss,, June 9, 18G3. 

To prevent communication between the enemy, now closely 
invested in Vicksburg, and their friends and adherents without, the 
following rules must be observed on the north front : 

A continuous chain of sentinels must extend from the Mississippi 
River to the Main Jackson road along our front trenches. These 
sentinels will act as sharpshooters or pickets, and must be posted 
daily, and be instructed that no human being must pass into or out 
of Vicksburg, unless on strictly military duty, or as prisoners. 

These sentinels must connect, one with another, the whole line ; 
but Division Commanders may prescribe the posts, so that the 
length of line for each sentinel will depend on its nature. 

All the ground, no matter how seemingly impracticable, must be 
watched. The reserves and reliefs will be by brigades or divisions, 
according to the nature of the ground ; but the post of his reserve 
must be known to each sentinel, and be within call. 

1. General Steele will be held responsible for the front from the 
Mississippi to the valley, now occupied by General Thayer, to be 
known as "Abbott's Valley." 

2. General Tuttle, from Abbott's Valley to the graveyard road, at 
the point near the head of our " Sap," to be known as " Washing- 
ton Knoll." 

3. General Blair, from Washington Knoll to where he connects 
with McPherson, at or near the point now occupied by General 
Ransom's advanced rifle-pits, to be known as "Ransom's Hill." 

4. The battalion of Regulars, commanded by Captain Smith, will 
keep guard along all the roads leading to the front, and will arrest 
all soldiers absent from their regiments without proper authority, 
and turn back all officers not provided with written orders or passes 
from the commanders of their brigades or divisions. 

Soldiers or citizens (not regular sutlers within the proper limits of 
their regiments) found peddling will be put under guard and set to 
work on roads or trenches, and their wares turned over to the hos- 
pital, or distributed among the soldiers on duty. 

Horses, mules, or any species of property found in possession of 
stragglers or absentees from duty, will be turned in to the Corps 
Quartermaster, a memorandum receipt taken and sent to the Corps 
Inspector General. 



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5. Colonel Eldridge, 127th Illinois, will guard the Yazoo City 
road at Chickasaw Creek, and also the bridges across the bayou, 
and will enforce at those points the same General Orders as above 
prescribed. 

6. Colonel Judy, of the 114th Illinois, will guard the road at the 
picket station near Tenipleton's, with vedettes on the by-roads 
leading therefrom north and east, and enforce similar General 
Orders. 

7. In every regiment, troop, or company, there must be at least 
three roll-calls daily : at reveille, retreat, and tattoo ; and any com- 
mander who cannot account for every man in his comriiand at all 
times, will be liable for neglect of duty. He cannot shift his 
responsibility to an orderly sergeant. 

The Inspector General of the Corps may and will frequently visit 
camps, call for the rolls, and see that Captains and Colonels can 
account for every man. 

8. Surgeons in charge of Corps and Division Hospitals will notify 
regimental commanders of the admission and discharge of men at 
their hospitals, and furnish lists of men so admitted or discharged 
to the proper military commanders. 

Corps and Division Inspector Generals may and will frequently 
visit such hospitals and satisfy themselves that no officers or soldiers 
are in hospitals except such as are admitted for treatment or regu- 
larly detailed as nurses. 

9. All commanders of divisions, brigades, regiments, and detached 
companies, will be held responsible that their camps are not encum- 
bered with surplus wagons, tents, horses, mules, tools, sutlers' 
trash, or anything that would prevent their raising camp at a 
moment's notice and taking up the march against an enemy to our 
front, flank, or rear. 

10. The magnificent task assigned to this army should inspire 
every oSicer and soldier to sacrifice everything of comfort, ease, or 
pleasure to the one sole object, success, now apparently within our 
grasp. A little more hard work, great vigilance, and a short 
struggle, and Vicksburg is ours. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEEXTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 121. J Walnut Hills, Miss., June 9, 1803. 

{Extract.) 
1. Surgeon E. D. Kittoe, U. S. Volunteers, Medical Inspector, 
15th Army Corps, will proceed at once to examine and inspect every 
hospital in the corps, and at Milliken's Bend and Young's Point, 
and will order every man belonging to the corps, who may be fit for 
duty in the field or as attendants in hospitals, to join his regiment 
and company forthwith, and will send lists of the men so ordered to 
the commanding officer of the company to which the men belong. 

Officers and guards will render Surgeon Kittoe any assistance he 
may require in the discharge of this duty. 

* * -x- * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 45. j Camjy ^Valmd Hills, Miss., June 11, \S6o. 

General Blair, commanding 2d Division, will relieve, with Light- 
burne's Brigade, the brigade of Tuttle's Division, in support of the 
batteries to the right of the graveyard road, and to take charge of 
the siege operations along that road. 

General Tuttle will withdraw the brigade now commanded by 
ColonelJ. J. Woods, and prepare his two brigades, viz: Buckland's 
and Wood's, to march at a moments notice for Haines' Blufi^. 

The Artillery and Pioneer company belonging to the division will 
also prepare to move with the division, which should be provided 
with three days' rations. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Gexeral Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 46. J Camp Walnut Hills, June IS, 18QS. 

The convalescent camps established at Young's Point and Duck- 
port are hereby discontinued, and all the officers and men therein 
will rejoin their respective regiments and companies, except such as 
are too unwell to be treated in regimental hospitals, these may be 
sent to the corps hospital, at Chickasaw creek. 

The camp and garrison equipage will be brought up the Yazoo 
and deposited on board some steamer, or at a temporary storehouse 
on the Yazoo near Johnson's or Lake's landing, under the care of 
some storekeeper, to be designated by the Corps Quartermaster. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith will provide the necessary 
transportation to execute this order, and Division and Brigade 
Commanders will send for all regimental property still remaining at 
the Convalescent Camps. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH AKMY CORPS, 

No. 1-26. i Walnut Hills, Miss., June 15, 1863. 

{Extract.) 
***** 

HI. ..The 4th Iowa Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Swan command- 
ing, will move to a point near Wixons, on Clear Creek, four miles 
east of Colonel Judy' s present camp, and establish pickets to connect 
on the right with McPherson at Tiffin, and the Cavalry picket at 
Post Oak Ridge. The commanding officer will keep up frequent 
communication with the Infantry picket at Templeton's, and report 
through him any movement of the enemy worthy of mention. 

He will also send frequent patrols out towards Bush's and Bird- 
song's Ferries across the Big Black. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 48. J Camp Walnut Hills, June 19, 1863. 

Captain Kossack, having reported for Engineer duty, is assigned 
to take charge of the approaches to, and works on, the graveyard 
road. He will make application well in advance for details of men 
and keep the work'moving night and day. Details for this work 
will come from General Blair's Division 

II. ..Captain Janney, of the Engineers, will give direction to the 
work of crowning the hills in front of Buckland's and Thayer's 
Brigades. Tattle's Division will furnish details for this work to this 
front, and Thayer's and Farrar's Brigades of Steele's Division those 
for the work in front of Thayer. 

III.. .Colonel Woods, commanding brigade on the extreme right, 
will continue, as heretofore, to push his work round by the right 
along the Mississippi, and will cause the ground along the Mississippi 
River, above the "Cincinnati," to be well examined, with a view to 
the construction of a road in the event of the Yazoo falling to so 
low a stage of navigation as to be abandoned. 

IV. ..The Chiefs of Artillery will advance theij batteries as rapidly 
as the advanced works justify, prepared to crown the enemy's 
works when the Engineers report the work done. 
Their guns will always be ready for action. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 130. J Walnut Rills, Miss., June 19, 1863. 

I. ..The 127th Illinois, Colonel Eldridge, is hereby relieved from its 
present duty near the landing and hospital, and will rejoin its proper 
brigade at the front. 

II. ..The battalion of the 113th Illinois will take post near Mrs. 
Lake's house, and guard the bridges across Chickasaw bayou and 
the steamboat landing. The commanding officer will be held respon- 
sible that good order prevails at the points named and along the 



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roads between. He will prevent all illicit traffic, and prevent 
citizens coming to camp unless authorized to come by the General- 
in-Chief or Corps Commanders. All organized bodies of the mil- 
itary, all accredited staff officers, ambulances and transportation 
wagons engaged in their proper business, will not be interrupted ; 
but officers and soldiers will not be allowed to pass down or up, 
unless ordered on duty, or unless with a written pass of a Brigade, 
Division, or Corps Commander. 

III... In cases of doubt the sentinels at the boats or at the bridges 
will be instructed to pass parties to Mrs. Lake's place, where the 
senior officer present will exercise a proper discretion. The object 
of this guard is to prevent improper persons coming into our camps, 
or soldiers and officers going to the steamboats without proper 
authority. This guard will confine and put to work all stragglers, 
and will take and turn over to the Corps Quartermaster, horses, 
mules, saddles, wagons, carriages, buggies, &c. , in the possession 
of parties not entitled to them. 

IV... Any citizen, teamster, soldier, or person whatsoever, setting 
up a livery stable or hiring horses, wagons, buggies, at any point 
within our jurisdiction, and without the written authority of General 
Grant, will be deprived of all such property, be confined as a pris- 
oner, and his case promptly reported to these Headquarters. 

The Quartermaster at the landing is the proper person to furnish, 
at the cost of the United States, all necessary means of transporta- 
tion. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 181. J Walnut Hills, Miss., June 20, 1863. 

The picket now at Templeton's will be relieved by one from Major 
General Parke's command. The section of Artillery will join its 
company, and the Infantry regiment, Colonel Judy, will take post 
at or near Hardaway's, and watch the roads towards Black River, 
in connection with the Cavalry at Wixon's. 



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Lieutenant Colonel Hammond, Chief of Staff, will post these 
pickets, and will cause all roads coming from the direction of Black 
River to be effectually blockaded ; for which purpose he will call on 
the commanding officers of the two regiments on picket duty for the 
necessary working details. Should he deem a section of Artillery 
necessary for this picket, he will call on Major Taylor, Chief of 
Artillery. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 135. j Camp near Bear Creek, June 26, 1863. 

I. ..The 4th Iowa Cavalry will take post on Bear Creek, where the 
Birdsong road crosses it, and will picket at Hill's, and watch the 
ferry at Birdsong' s and Jones', with a Cavalry patrol up the valley 
of Bear Creek to communicate with General Parke at Oak Ridge 
post office. 

II. ..General Parke will keep a Cavalry regiment at the point where 
the lower Benton road crosses Bear Creek, with a picket at the forks 
of the road and a patrol connecting with the pickets of 4th Iowa at 
Hill's. 

A\\ Cavalry pickets must keep their horses saddled, and their 
weapons well in hand, and surprise will be certain ruin to the officer 
in charge. These pickets will be carefully instructed, and the com- 
manders of the Cavalry regiments will be responsible. 

III. ..General Tuttle will hold the ridge, from Trible's down to 
Young's, with a regiment of Infantry and section of Artillery in the 
woods back of Young's, so as to have a full view of the fields down 
the valley of Bear Creek. 

IV. ..General McArthur will hold the ridge, from Straus's back to 
McCall's, with a brigade on picket near Fox's. This brigade will 
send daily and nightly patrols down to the ford at Messinger's. All 
roads leading from Black River back to the points named will be 
obstructed by felling trees at the narrowest points, and Division 
Commanders will keep their pioneer companies and working parties 
employed all the time. An hour's time now is worth a day after an 



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enemy makes his appearance. General Me Arthur will relieve his 
brigade at Bear Creek crossing as soon as General Tuttle places a 
regiment at Young's. 

v.. .General Parke will hold Oak Ridge from Nicley's to the post 
office, with Smith's Division, and will order the Milldale forces to 
be prepared on the shortest notice to move to McCall's; to which 
end he will cause a working party, with an intelligent staff officer, to 
repair the road from Milldale to Albertson's and Harris', thence 
across the valley of Clear Creek to the school house, Wixon's and 
McCall's. This will give three good roads from Haines' BluflF to 
.our Key Points and McCall's and Neeley's. 

VI... All commanders will aim to keep on hand from three to five 
days' rations, and at least one hundred rounds of cartridges. 
Wagons, as a general rule, should be kept back of Clear Creek. 
Camps should be encumbered as little as possible, and troops well 
at hand. The vast importance of events now drawing to some con- 
clusion bids us guard against supposed combinations of the enemy 
rather than the mere appearances. If Johnston attempts to relieve 
Vicksburg, which he is impelled to do by honor and the clamor of 
the Southern public, he will feign at many points, but attack with 
vehemence at some one. Let him appear at any point, he must be 
fought desj^erately. Reinforcements must not be clamored for, but 
each commander will fight back along the ridge he is guarding 
stubbornly, reporting facts, and not opinions, that the General in 
command may draw his own conclusions. 

The General will be found habitually on the ridge near McCall's, 
and in case of temporary absence will leave word and orders with a 
staff officer at his bivouac. 

Let all guards and sentinels be carefully instructed, all wandering 
about stopped, and all citizens found away from their houses be 
arrested and sent to the rear — Haines' Bluff or Vicksburg. 

VII. ..General Osterhaus, acting in concert with this force, will 
hold the bridge, and keep his division well in hand, near Bovina, 
prepared to act decisively, on intelligence or the sounds of battle, 
in the direction of Tiffin or Fox's plantation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ^j HEADQUARTERS, 

y fifteenth army corps, 

No. 49. J Camp at Bear Creek, June 29, 1863. 

The following modifications of existing orders are made and will 
be executed at once : — 

I... General Osterhaus will continue, as heretofore, to hold the for- 
tified position on Black River at the railroad bridge, with patrols 
and guards watching the river below as far as Baldwin's, and up as 
far as Bridgeport, his reserves at Clear Creek near Bovina. 

II... General McArthur will occupy Tiffin in force, with guards 
forward toward the Messenger's Ford, connecting with Osterhaus on 
the Bridgeport road, and his main guards occupying the main ridge 
up as far as Brant's. 

III... Major General Parke will leave a small guard at Milldale 
and Templeton's, sufficient to hold, those points, and move all the 
troops of the 9th Army Corps to the east side of Clear Creek, con- 
necting his guards at Brant's with Mc Arthur's, his .centre near 
Wixon's, and his guards connecting with General W. S. Smith's, 
near Mrs. Neeley's. 

IV... General Tuttle will hold his present position on the spur 
leading from McCall's to Markham's and Young's, and will entrench 
a position back of Trible's. 

v.. .General W. S. Smith will hold, as now, his position at right' 
connecting with General Parke at Mrs. Neeley's. General Smith, in 
connection with General Washburn, will effectually blockade all 
roads and paths corning from the north and lying between the Ridge 
road and Yazoo Valley road. 

VI... General Washburn will hold the fortified position at Harris' 
Bluff with Kimball's Division, and will continue to strengthen the 
lines on the north front. That being our strongest front, we should 
invite attack in that quarter, 

VII. ..This disposition of forces makes a connected line from the 
railroad bridge to Haines' Bluff by Tiffin, Wixon's, McCall's, 
Neeley's and Oak Ridge. Each Corps and Division Commander 
will proceed to entrench a position near his key point, sufficient for 
two batteries and one brigade, commanding water and looking to 
the east and north. 



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All roads to the rear should be improved ; a double track for 
wagons made by opening fences and trimming out woods. Lateral 
roads should also be looked to to facilitate concentration and lateral 
movements. Roads to the front should be obstructed, except such 
as are necessary for our guards and our own use. The Commanding 
General, after careful personal inspection, pronounces the points 
from which we have most reason to apprehend danger to be the two 
fords at Messenger's and about a mile below Birdsong's. Nixon's 
and Neeley's are the best points for concentration, and the ridges 
by Fox's and Markham's the best lines of operation. 

VIII. ..AH the Cavalry, not absolutely needed for orderlies and 
patrols, will be massed under command of Colonel Bussey, 3d Iowa, 
on Bear Creek, from Young's up to Harris', and is charged specially 
to watch the lower Benton road and the ford below Birdsong's. 

IX. ..All Commanders of Corps and Divisions and Chief of Cav- 
alry will report by letter or staff officer daily to the Commanding 
General at his bivouac near Tuttle's. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 50. J Walnut Hill, Miss., July 3, 1863. 

The troops of this corps will be prepared to march on short 
notice with ten days' rations of flour and hard bread, coffee, salt, 
and sugar. 

All transportation will be put in order and held in readiness for 
movement. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 52. ) Camp near Bear Creek, Jidy 4, 1863. 

The moment Vicksburg surrenders and the investing army is 
relieved from the trenches by General Grant's orders, a movement 
will be made inland, preliminary to which the following orders are 
made : — 

I. ..The loth Army Corps, General Ord, will move direct to the 
Black River bridge, with an advance guard across in the direction 
of Edward's Depot, and the main body on Clear Creek. 

II. ..The 15th Army Corps, General Sherman, will move by the 
Bridgeport road to Tiffin and take the road by Fox's to Messenger's 
Ford ; an advance guard across to occupy the hill, and the main 
body along Black River and Fox's Creek. 

III. ..The 9th Army Corps, General Parke, to which the division 
of General W, S. Smith is temporarily attached, will move by the 
several roads available to the vicinity of Birdsong's Ferry, with his 
advance guard across and his main force on Bear Creek. 

IV. ..The Cavalry force. Colonel Bussey in command, will cross 
Black, near the mouth of Bear Creek, and receive special orders 
from the Commanding General. 

v.. .All commanders will see that their troops are well provided 
with five days' rations in their haversacks and regimental wagons ; 
cartridges at the rate of one hundred and fifty (150) per man; 
wagons not to exceed three to a regiment: one for ammunition, 
two for cooking utensils and provisions, and a couple of ambulances 
for the sick and wounded. Great attention must be paid to pro- 
viding water, for which purpose each company should have a pack 
mule with a couple of small kegs, or a saddle to which should be 
suspended the canteens of the men. 

VI... All wagons not in use should be sent in to make up a wagon 
train of two hundred wagons, under directions of the Chief Quar- 
termaster, Colonel J. Condit Smith, and Chief Commissary, to be 
loaded with bread, coffee, sugar, and salt, for equal distribution after 
the five days' supplies are out. 

VII. ..All baggage, tents, and encumbrances of any kind, must not 
be taken along. Any wagon, carriage, buggy, or horse, other than 



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such as are used by officers entitled by law to be mounted and as 
prescribed in these orders, will be seized by any Brigade or Division 
Quartermaster or Surgeon and appropriated to the public use. 

As soon as the columns arrive at the points designated, each 
Corps Commander will repair in person to these Headquarters, at 
Fox's, to receive maps and detailed instructions. 

Each Corps Commander and Chief of Cavalry will bring with 
him a field report of his forces, with number of wagons, guns, &c., 
and a copy of the best map of the State of Mississippi in his pos- 
session . 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. 

(AGAINST JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.) 



General Orders "I HEADQUARTERS OF THE EXPEDITION, 
No. 53. / Camp at Fox's, July ^, 1863. 

The troops composing this expedition, being now in position, will 
move as follows: — 

1. The 13th Army Corps, General Ord, will cross Black River at 
the railroad bridge, and move on Clinton by the direct road, passing 
by Champion Hill, and about a mile south of Bolton Station. 

2. The 15th Army Corps, which will, for the time of this expedi- 
tion, be commanded by General Steele, will move on Clinton by the 
upper road, which passes about three miles north of Bolton Station. 

3. The 9th Army Corps, General Parke, will move to Clinton by 
the Brownsville road, using the roads through and south of Browns- 
ville, aiming to converge at Clinton. 

4. The movement will begin at 4 p. m. of July 6th, each corps 
aiming to arrive at Bolton Station at 10 a. m. of July 7th, and at 
Clinton by 10 a. m. of the 8th. 



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5. The Cavalry, under command of Colonel Bussey, will cross 
Black River in advance of General Parke, move rapidly towards 
Brownsville and across to Bolton, thence to Clinton, communicating 
at each point with Corps Commanders and the General in command. 

6. All commanders will hold their troops in perfect order for 
battle at all times, and on encountering the eneaiy will engage him 
at once. If the enemy be encountered in force on any route, the 
corps moving on the parallel routes will direct their columns so as 
to reach the field of battle to the rear and flank of the enemy. 

7. The General in chief command will attend the central column, 
where all staff officers and communications will be addressed him. 
Corps Commanders will so arrange their trains, and so conduct their 
marches, that their men and horses suffer as little as possible from 
the excessive heat and dust of the season ; but each will remember 
the position of his neighbors and regard their situation. 

8. Private pillage and plunder must cease. Our supplies are now 
ample, and there is no use or sense in wanton damage. Brigade 
Quartermasters and Commissaries may collect, by regular foraging 
parties, such forage and provisions as are needed by the troops, but 
the people of the country should be protected, as far as possible, 
against the cruel and wanton acts of irresponsible parties. 

Stragglers and camp followers found out of place should be dealt 
with summarily. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

I EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

No. 54. J Near Bolton, Miss., July 7, 1863. 

In consequence of the non-arrival of the 9th Army Corps, the 
movement on Clinton for to-morrow will be postponed. The 13th 
Army Corps, General Ord, will hold the ground to the south of the 
railroad, and General Steele, with the 15th Army Corps, that to the 
north, connecting at the bridge in Bolton. 

Each Corps Commander will picket strong to the front and 
exposed flank. 



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Colonel Bussey, Chief of Cavalry, will, early in the morning, 
move directly to the front, threatening Clinton. If no enemy is 
encountered, he will move to the north of the upper Jackson road, 
make a circuit towards Brownsville and return to camp. 

Corps Commanders will arrange their troops by divisions, bri- 
gades, and regiments, direct proper roll-calls, and see that their 
men are kept in camp. 

All must be prepared to move or engage an enemy on the shortest 
notice. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

Near Bolton, Miss., July 8, 1863. 
[Circular.] 

Corps Commanders, with such of the Division Commanders as can 
be spared from camp, will meet the General Commanding at Porter 
House at Bolton Depot at 10 a. m. 

All men and officers will at once provide two days' rations in their 
haversacks — officers' haversacks to be carried by their servants — so 
that the army be independent of the train. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

[ expeditionary army, 

No. 55. j Clinton, Miss., July 9, 1863. 

The movement to-morrow will be as follows: — 

1. The 15th Army Corps, General Steele commanding, will move 
on the main Jackson road, pressing the enemy's skirmishers of 
Infantry and Cavalry until it draws the fire of Artillery, when it 
will make the proper disposition for battle. General Steele will so 
arrange as to have his 20-pound parrotts near the front. He will 
act according to circumstances and his own judgment, having 
reference to the troops to his right and left. 



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2. General Ord, commanding loth Army Corps, will detach two 
of his divisions by a cross road to the Raymond road, thence 
towards Jackson, until they draw the enemy's Artillery fire, in 
which case they will threaten to turn the enemy's left flank and 
carry it, in case they hear the rest of the army engaged. 

The remainder of this corps will be held in reserve, following the 
movements of General Steele, and looking to the protection of the 
wagon trains. 

3. General Parke, commanding the 9th Army Corps, will move on 
the most practicable route north of and parrallel to General Steele, 
endeavoring to reach the Canton road, keeping up communication 
with General Steele and acting in concert with him. 

4. Should the enemy offer battle in the open field, each corps will 
attack the moment its commander is satisfied that the other corps 
are in position. 

Should the enemy ofiPer battle behind entrenchments, the troops 
will be placed as much as possible under cover from the enemy's 
Artillery fire, and there await the instructions of the Commanding 
General. 

Should the town be evacuated. General Steele will push one 
division of his corps into the city, securing all captured property, 
and occupying in force the point where the bridge crosses Pearl 
River. In this event, all other troops will be kept well in hand and 
await the orders of the Commanding General. 

5. The wagon trains should not approach nearer than within five 
miles of Jackson, and in case of battle should be parked off the 
roads by division or corps trains. 

6. General Steele will move at 6 o'clock a. m., and the other corps 
will be put in motion so as to reach Jackson about the same time 
with General Steele. 

7. The Cavalry, under Colonel Bussey, will act with General Parke 
against the right flank of the enemy, reporting to General Parke 
for orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

No. 56. J Near Jackson, Miss., July 10, 1863. 

The enemy having taken post in the fortified city of Jackson, the 
following dispositions will be observed : — 

1. General Ord, with the 13th Army Corps, will operate along 
the Raymond road ; General Steele, with the 15th Army Corps, 
along the Clinton road, and General Parke, with the 9th Corps, 
along the Livingston road, all connecting by pickets. 

2. Each Corps Commander will cause to be constructed in some 
commanding position one or more batteries, sufficient to cover their 
heaviest ordnance, with rifle pits to protect these guns. They will 
dispose their troops so as to suflFer as little as possible from the 
enemy's Artillery fire, and to be easily massed for oflFense or defense. 

General Ord will send frequent and strong detachments as far as 
Pearl River to the right, with a view to secure a point from which to 
attack the railroad bridge, or the railroad itself, beyond Pearl River. 

General Parke will in like manner send similar detachments for a 
like purpose to Pearl River to his left. 

All Corps Commanders will gain ground to the front, whenever 
they can do so, without too great a sacrifice of life ; and whenever 
an assault is made at any one point, the batteries and sharpshooters 
at all others must co-operate. 

General Ord will dispatch all his available Cavalry to the south, 
with orders to tear up and efiFectually destroy at least one mile of the 
track, and as many bridges as possible, for a distance of at least 
fifteen miles from Jackson. 

Colonel Bussey, with all the Cavalry he can raise, will proceed to 
the north and destroy the railroad at Canton and the railroad bridge 
at Black River above Canton, and as many other bridges along the 
route as possible, concerning which he will apply to and receive 
instructions from the Commanding General. 

4. The attention of all officers should be called to the importance 
of digging wells whenever there is a prospect of procuring water 
near the encampments of their men. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS, 

EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

Near Jackson, July 11, 1863. 
[Circular.] 

Copies of all maps or sketches of the vicinity of Jackson, that 
may be of any importance to the Commanding General, will be 
furnished as early as possible to these Headquarters for his infor- 
mation, and that they may be compiled into a general map, together 
with surveys of the city, made when our forces were here last May. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ expeditionary army, 

No. 57. j Near Jackson, July 11, 1863. 

There will be a general cannonading to-morrow, commencing at 
7 o'clock A. M., lasting not to exceed one hour. Each gun will 
fire not to exceed thirty rounds, solid shot and shell in proper pro- 
portions. The shots will be directed against any groups of the 
enemy's troops or in direction of the town of Jackson, which lies 
northwest and south of the State House, plainly visible from all parts 
of our line. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 



expeditionary army 



No. 58. ) Near Jackson, July 12, 1863. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith, Chief Quartermaster, will 
dispatch the supply train to Black River bridge to report to General 
McArthur, commanding at that point, to await there orders for 
further supplies. The train will be escorted in by Colonel Hall's 
regiment of General McArthur's Division and another regiment to 
be detailed by General Steele. 

II... General Steele will detail a regiment to escort this train to a 
point five miles west of Clinton, when it will encamp for the night, 
and return next day, unless its commander learns by the way some 



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reason why he should protect it further. The train will be made up 
to-night, where it is now parked, one-half mile west of these Head- 
quarters, and start before daylight. 

III... Corps Commanders will avail themselves of this opportunity 
to send to Vicksburg such wounded and sick men as can bear trans- 
portation in these empty wagons, also all the worthless baggage 
and trash that now encumber the regimental wagons retained in 
their camps. The Inspector General, Lieutenant Colonel Ewing, 
will turn over to Colonel Hall all the prisoners of war in charge of 
his guard, to be delivered to General McArthur for transportation 
to Vicksburg. Proper descriptive lists must accompany these 
prisoners, and a copy sent to General Grant's Provost Marshal. 

IV... Corps Commanders should send forthwith to these Head- 
quarters requisitions for all Ordnance stores, Quartermaster stores, 
and tools they require to be brought out by the next train. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

No. 140. J Near Jackson, July 12, 1863. 

Corps Commanders will at once send guards on the roads to their 
rear, at least three (3) miles out, to prevent and warn all paroled 
prisoners coming from Vicksburg from coming within the lines of 
this army, or attempting to get into Jackson. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

Camp before Jackson, July 14, 1863. 
[Memorandum Order.] 

For Artillery practice, until the supply for a general cannonade 
comes out from the river, (expected to-morrow night) : — 

1. From General Parke's front. — A rifle-shot, aimed in the gen- 
eral direction of the State House, enfilading the town of Jackson, 



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to be fired every five minutes, day and night, and oftener when the 
Chief of Artillery observes good effect. 

2. From General Steele's front. — A rifle-shot, directed at the 
State House, so as to enfilade the general line of works in front of 
General Parke. Also a Napoleon shot, or six- pounder case shot, 
to reach and partially enfilade the works to the front of Blair's 
Division, to be fired every five minutes, day and night, and oftener 
if the enemy shows masses of troops. 

3. From General Ord's front, Uovey^s position. — A rifle-shot, 
(10 or 20-pounder Parrott,) directed at the road or line of commu- 
nication from Jackson across Pearl River toward the East, chiefly 
at the bridge, to be fired every five minutes, day and night, and 
oftener if the officer in charge sees evidences of the passage either 
way of wagons, horses, or men. 

This fire, kept up with persevering constancy, will be very galling, 
and the enemy will be strongly tempted to sally. That is what we 
want, and the troops should be prepared for it at all times. 

They should be disposed so as to suffer as little as possible from 
the enemy's reply, sure to be drawn by this steady, unceasing cross- 
fire. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

No. 141. J Camp before Jackson, July 14, 1863. 

I... An expedition, to be composed of Bussey's Cavalry, Wood's 
Brigade of Thayer's Division, and Landgraeber's Battery, with a 
company of pioneers, to be designated by General Steele, will be 
fitted out, ready to start on short notice, to perform certain service, 
concerning which the commander of the expedition. Colonel C. R. 
Woods, of the 76th Ohio, will receive special instructions from the 
Commanding General. 

The Chief Quartermaster, Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith, 
will collect from among the wagons of the whole command about 
fifty (50) to attend this expedition, to be ready by to-morrow. 



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II... The Cavalry and a section of Light Artillery from General 
Ord's Corps will also prepare for an expedition to start to-morrow, 
the commander of which will prepare five empty wagons to attend 
him, and report in person to the Commanding General for instruc- 
tions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

> ARMY BEFORE JACKSON, 

No. 59. J Camp, Juhj 17, 1863. 



The enemy having evacuated the town of Jackson and retreated 
eastward, the following dispositions will be observed : — 

I. ..General Steele, commanding 15th Army Corps, will, in pursu- 
ance of previous orders, occupy the town with one division, (Blair's,) 
and will maintain order and good discipline within the limits of the 
place, repressing all pillage, plundering, and rowdyism, to which end 
he will be authorized to collect all stragglers and men on horseback 
having no orders or business from proper authority, taking the horses 
for the use of the Quartermaster's Department and putting the men 
to work on the destruction of the railroad. 

General Steele will make details and cause the railroad and bridges 
to be thoroughly destroyed, with all cars, machinery and appliances 
of the railroad within the limits of the entrenchments. 

II... General Ord, commanding 13th Army Corps, will group his 
corps convenient to water and the Raymond road, prepared for any 
event that may arise. 

He will keep one brigade steadily at work destroying railroad to 
the south. 

III. ..General Parke will group his corps convenient to the Lunatic 
Asylum and water, and will dispatch one division up the Canton road 
to the vicinity of Grant's xMills, with a good detachment at the cross- 
ing of Pearl River. If a bridge be there, it will be kept ; if destroyed, 
the material for another should be collected, with a view to cross 
eastward ; also a brigade continuously engaged in destroying railroad 
track northward. 



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The detached division will be instructed to keep a bright look out 
for Cavalry to the rear, and will also destroy a section of railroad 
near their camp. 

IV... All batteries will fill their chests with ammunition, and the 
Infantry will refill their cartridge-boxes. Provisions and wagons on 
hand will be distributed equally, retaining in the hands of the Chief 
Commissary a small reserve supply for contingencies and to relieve 
starving people. Roll-calls will be carefully made at retreat to-day 
and all men properly accounted for. 

Each Corps Commander will see that his corps is provided in all 
respects for five days, and will report any causes of inability to 
march. All the ambulances and empty wagons of the army must 
be held in readiness to carry the sick and wounded back to Black 
River. 

v.. .General McArthur will hold his division on the road at Clinton 
and Champion Hills to cover the road against incursions of guerillas 
or Cavalry, and will cause the repair of the telegraph to these Head- 
quarters. 

VI... All parties intrusted with destroying railroads should be 
impressed with the vast importance of the work. One day's work 
of the 15th Army Corps at Jackson in May prevented Johnston 
handling his troops and material in the campaign, now made com- 
plete by the retreat from Jackson. Let us now so destroy this rail- 
road that it cannot be used " during the war." 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V EXPEDITIONARY ARMY, 

No. 144. 3 Jackson, Miss., July 17, 1863. 

General Steele will occupy the town of Jackson with one division ; 
the line of pickets will occupy the parapet ; the rest of the troops 
will be kept well in hand in their present position, and prepared for 
a movement on short notice. All stragglmg must be prevented. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

y ARMY IN THE FIELD, 

No. 60. j Jackson, Miss., July 19, 1863. 



The enemy having evacuated his entrenchments and escaped by 
the aid of his railroad, the General commanding announces to all 
that the purposes for which we sallied forth from the line of the Big 
Black have been fulfilled, and this army, after fully completing the 
destruction of the railroads, will return to the neighborhood of 
Vicksburg for rest and reorganization. 

The railroad has been broken up for forty miles north, including 
the costly bridge above Canton and the extensive machine shops, 
cars, &c., in Canton, with full twelve miles of track burned and 
destroyed. In like manner it has been destroyed for sixty miles 
south, as far as Brookhaven, and eastward to and beyond Brandon. 
Jackson cannot again become a place for the assemblage of men 
and materials with which to threaten the Mississippi River. All 
hostile bodies of men, recently threatening us during the siege of 
Vicksburg, are now driven beyond Pearl River and are known to be 
in full retreat eastward, broken up and perishing in the desert region 
of 88 miles, destitute of water, between Pearl River and Meridian, 
over which, at this hot season, it would be destruction for us to 
follow. 

II. ..The two divisions of the 9th Army Corps proper, under 
Generals Potter and Welsh, the whole commanded by General 
Parke, will at once return by easy marches by Brownsville and 
Messenger's to its old camp at Milldale, the commander reporting 
in advance by letter to General Grant at Vicksburg. 

III. ..The 13th Army Corps, General Ord, will return to Vicks- 
burg by easy marches as soon as the Cavalry under Colonel Fer- 
guson is in, moving via Raymond, Edwards' Depot and Black 
River bridge, the commander reporting in advance to General 
Grant in Vicksburg for further orders. 

IV. ..The 15th Army Corps, to which will be attached the division 
heretofore commanded by General W. S. Smith, will move by the 
direct Clinton and Bolton road, crossing Black River, and taking 
post for the present near Black River and Bear Creek. 

v.. .General McArthur's Division will resume post at Black River 
bridge, reporting to General McPherson for orders. 



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VI. ..The Cavalry, Colonel Bussey, will, after all the Infantry have 
broken camp, move, by easy and slow marches, to its old camp on 
Black River, attached for the time being to the 15th Army Corps. 

VII. ..Medical Directors will see that every wounded and sick 
man is properly conveyed ahead or along with the corps to the 
proper division or general hospital, at the place to which his corps 
is directed ; to which end they vvill call on the Quartermasters of 
the respective divisions and corps for all empty wagons, or they 
may seize and appropriate to that use all vehicles not engaged in 
the transportation of army stores proper, or the horses, mules and 
beasts, that now attend the army ridden by idlers, negroes, &c. 

Quartermasters and Staff officers will be held responsible that not 
a dollar's worth of public property is left behind. 

VIII... Major Taylor, Chief of Artillery, is charged with destroy- 
ing and casting into Pearl River all guns, shot, shell and ammuni- 
tion of the enemy found in Jackson, and he will also cause to be 
battered down with Artillery the piers of the old railroad bridge 
across Pearl River, as soon as General Steele's expedition is back 
from Brandon. 

IX... General Blair will cause to be burned all cotton or other 
public property in Jackson, used in the construction of forts or for 
hostile purposes. Nothing of the kind must be left to be again used 
against us in war. 

X... General Parke will commence the movement at once. The 
other troops will move on the 21st, or after having accomplished 
the above. All commanders will see that provisions meet them at 
some point of the road in drawing from the depot at the railroad 
bridge across Black River. 

XI... In thus dissolving this army and returning its parts to their 
appropriate places, General Sherman tenders his personal and offi- 
cial thanks to officers and men for the cordial support he has 
received from all in thus giving the finishing stroke to the magnifi- 
cent campaign of Vicksburg. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

y ARMY IN THE FIELD, 

No. 145. J Jackson, Miss., J iihj 20, 1863. 

I... Leave of absence for the benefit of his health is hereby granted, 
for seven daj^s, to Brigadier General W. S. Smith, commanding 
division, with leave to apply at Department Headquarters for an 
extension until his health is fully restored. 

The General commanding regrets, beyond measure, that sickness 
or any cause should deprive the army of the services of an officer 
of such marked intelligence and such warm zeal in the cause of his 
country. 

II... Brigadier General Hugh Ewing is hereby assigned to the 
command of the division heretofore commanded by General W. S. 
Smith, and will enter on the discharge of the duties forthwith. 

He will turn over the command of his present brigade to the senior 
Colonel of his present command. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V fifteenth army corps. 

No. 61. J Jackson, Miss., July 22, 1863. 

I. ..Having completely fulfilled the objects of our movement on 
Jackson, the several divisions will move to-morrow morning earlT/, 
going as far as Clinton the first day, to Baker's Creek, near Bolton, 
the next day, and to their camps on Black River the third day, as 
follows : — 

Tuttle's Division, on Bear Creek, near Markham's and Young's. 

Ewing' s Division, near Black River, above Messenger's bridge 
and the road. 

Steele's Division, near Black River, and below Messenger's bridge 
and the road. 

Blair's Division, near Widow Fox's. 



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All camps will be laid out with regard to order, police, health and 
cleanliness ; face to the east, with division and brigade lines of battle 
so placed that guard-mountings and parades may be conducted on 
the proper color lines. 

Division Commanders should conduct their commands to the 
neighborhood of the points indicated, and there select with some 
care the sites of the camps, and give immediate orders on the 
subject of sinks, drinking water, bathing, &c. After unloading 
regimental wagons, they can be dispatched, provided with written 
orders of the Division Commander, to Vicksburg, to bring out the 
camp and garrison equipage. The probabilities are that we will rest 
through the heat of summer in these camps, and too much care 
cannot be taken in making the first choice of ground and then keep- 
ing it clean. 

II... General Steele will give all the necessary orders of march on 
the road, and command the corps until General Sherman reports 
to General Grant in person at Vicksburg and returns to the camps 
on Black River to resume the command of his corps proper. His 
Headquarters will be near Parson Fox's, on the Vicksburg road. 

The General commanding expects the march back to Black River 
and forming the camps there will be done in perfect order, after 
which he will favor such short furloughs as are consistent with the 
interests of the Government and of the soldiers. 

Quartermasters and Commissaries will take notice and make the 
proper arrangements for supplies. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 147. J Camp near Bakers Creek, [Champion Hills,) 

Mississippi, July 24, 1863. 

{Extract.) 
1. Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith will proceed to Messen- 
ger's bridge, on Big Black, and prepare for the crossing of this 
corps to the west bank during to-morrow. He will see that the 
bridge is kept clear, and that all wagons are moved^ on the west 
bank, so as to leave the road open. 



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2. He will call upon the commanding officer there for a sufficient 
detail to guard the bridge and to carry out this order. He will 
construct in the cornfield on the east bank a large corral, in which 
to collect horses, mules, &c., now in the possession of soldiers and 
officers belonging to this army, which have been plundered and 
taken from the inhabitants of the country. 

3. He will appoint suitable officers or agents of the Quarter- 
master's Department to take by force, if necessary, all horses ridden 
by any officer or soldier of this army not entitled by law to be 
mounted, and collect out of the wagons all articles of furniture, 
chairs, tables, books, papers, and anything not belonging to the 
usual equipment of an officer or soldier. He will take steps to do 
this effectually and expeditiously, so as not to delay the passage of 
the bridge by the troops. Officers having escorts, mounted order- 
lies or servants, will keep them near their persons, or if required 
to detach them will give them a written paper designating their 
office. Such horses will not be disturbed, but all else will be taken, 
and the horses, mules, &c., turned into the corral for safe keeping. 

4. A Board of Survey to consist of Colonel Wolcott, 46th Ohio ; 
Major Geisy, 46th Ohio, and Captain Harlan, 6th Iowa, will assemble 
at the corral, thus provided, near the bridge at 8 a. m. July 26, to 
hear and determine all rights to horses, mules, or other property, 
claimed as private, and their decision shall be final, and property 
thus pronounced by said Board of Survey as private shall be restored 
to the claimants, and the remainder will be taken possession of by 
the Quartermaster and properly branded and accounted for. A 
schedule or inventory thereof will be made out and filed at these 
Headquarters, and the property will be taken up on the quarterly 
returns and accounted for as if purchased. Should useless property 
be thus acquired, the same Board of Survey may order it burned, 
or sent to Vicksburg for sale for the benefit of the United States. 

5. Should sick men be conveyed in carriages, buggies, or vehicles 
other than the usual army wagons or ambulances, they must be taken 
out and the carriages, buggies, &c., disposed of according to this 
order ; and Colonels and Surgeons of regiments will send back 
promptly to Messenger's their proper ambulances to take to camp 
the sick thus conveved. 



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No excuse will be received for the passage of any unauthorized 
'ehicle until its title is ascertained in the manner herein set forth. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 62. J Camp at Fox's, near Big Black, July 27, 1863. 



I... The 1st Division, General Steele, will take post at the railroad 
crossing of Black River, the troops being disposed as far back as 
Bovina. 

II. ..The depot of supplies for the 15th Army Corps will be at the 
railroad on Black River, to which point the Chief Quartermaster 
and Commissary will remove and make all proper arrangements for 
receiving and issuing supplies. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith, the Chief Quartermaster, 
will have charge of the railroad and cars, and make suitable 
arrangements for the carriage of mails, passengers, &c., daily. He 
may deliver to each Division Quartermaster a spring wagon to run 
to and from the camp and the depot for the carriage of mail matter 
and as a messenger wagon. He will also prepare a proper code of 
regulations for travel on the road, to be approved at Headquarters 
and announced in orders. 

General Steele will furnish to the Quartermaster all suitable 
details to enable him to carry out the objects of this order. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



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HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

Camp on Black River, Miss., July 27, 1863. 

jf'o the officers and soldiers of the loth Army Corjjs : 

When, in progress of the war, time and opportunity presents a 
favorable occasion, we should pause and reflect upon the past. 

In November, last year, we were mostly at Helena and Memphis. 
The enemy lay in force behind entrenchments of his own choice at 
the Tallahatchie, boastful of his power and strength, defiant and 
insulting in his tone. In combination with our fellow soldiers of the 
Army of the Tennessee, we advanced directly against him, whilst a 
force from Helena, thrust laterally at Grenada, made him leave in 
haste and confusion, and fall behind the Yallabusha and the Yazoo, 
with Vicksburg and its frowning hills and batteries as his impreg- 
nable stronghold. It then became our part of the grand drama to 
strike this stronghold, and we moved against it with expedition and 
a firm resolution to succeed. But there are — in war as in peace — 
limits to the power of the bravest men, and we failed to carry by a 
dash the line of bluffs and forts that had been prepared with con- 
summate art and defended by a brave and skillful enemy. Not 
daunted, we drew off to prepare anew for a more powerful blow. 
Time offering the opportunity, instead of awaiting in idleness, we 
turned against Arkansas Post, and, by a quick and skillful move- 
ment, we reduced and captured Fort Hindman, with all its garrison 
and material of war. Then, returning to the original purpose of 
the campaign, we were again at Young's Point, and began that 
series of preparations which has resulted in final success. The 
labor and toil of those dark and gloomy months were not spent in 
vain. 

The gunboat fleet, commanded by Admiral Porter, explored every 
bayou and creek of the network of streams that afforded any chance 
of reaching the land above Vicksburg, and it was our pleasing task, 
when in March last, during one of the expeditions, when the safety 
of our gunboat fleet was threatened, to hasten through water and 
swamp, and canebrake and storm, to its assistance, and we now 
know that, to the labor and energy then displayed, the country owes 
to us, in a great measure, the safety of the iron-clads which have 
done so much to open the Mississippi. 



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At last, when it was demonstrated that nature and art had made 
Vicksburg impregnable from the river on its north side, and our 
General had resolved to reach it from the south, we aided much in 
passing the necessary fleet of boats below Vicksburg, and when the 
first battle was to begin at Grand Gulf we had the important but 
ungrateful task of deceiving our enemy by a feigned attack on 
Haines' Bluff. That feint or diversion was perfectly successful, and 
for weeks we succeeded admirably in confusing and deceiving the 
enemy as to our purposes, and contributed lai-gely thereby in gaining 
a successful foothold on land below Vicksburg. Then by a rapid 
march we overtook our comrades, and with them swept the enemy 
before us to Jackson and back again to Vicksburg, reaching, after 
unexampled skill, the very points we had aimed to secure in 
December. 

Of the siege of Vicksburg it ill becomes your commander now to 
speak. That the 15th Array Corps performed its full share of labor 
and fighting our General-in-Chief has borne full testimony, and our 
colors will ever bear, in proud remembrance of that great historical 
event, the appropriate mark. 

But before the fall of that city one of the most skillful Generals 
of the mighty rebellion was known to be hurrying to our rear with 
a large army, threatening our safety, and boasting that he would not 
only relieve his comrades in the beleaguered city, but destroy and 
annihilate our army. We were in part called from our trenches to 
watch this dangerous enemy, and it is now known that our watchful- 
ness baffled his purposes, and when at last, on the very birthday of 
our nation, Vicksburg sunk helpless and a penitent into our military 
power, we were called on, without rest, to drop the pick and seize the 
musket, and drive away that army which had insolently threatened 
our very existence. 

History affords few parallels of the rapidity and success of this 
march. Vicksburg surrendered on the 4th of July. We crossed 
Black River on the 6th, and on the 8th we had forced the enemy 
to take refuge behind his trenches at Jackson. Again we had to 
resort to pick and shovel, but our enemy reading his certain doom 
in the fate of Vicksburg availed himself of the cover of night and 
fled across Pearl River, and the valley of the Mississippi became 
^^ at last free of the presence of an hostile army.'''' 



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Having then destroyed the Great Central Railroad for 100 miles, 
and thereby made it useless to our foe in after campaigns, we have 
quietly returned to our camps and supplies, ready for any new events 
that may require our service. 

Your commander, in thus briefly reciting the events of the past 
seven months, thinks in them every officer and man has good reason 
to flatter himself that in producing this grand result he has borne 
a part. 

In after years it will be the subject of pride to himself and children, 
and we know how our fellow countrymen were wild with joy when 
the telegraph spread the good tidings that the Mississippi was again 
made free by the courage and perseverance of their brave volun- 
teers, and that once more every American could steam up and down 
this majestic river without fearing the hissing shell or whizzing bullet 
of a foe from its ambushed shores. 

Let the magnificent result give to all men hope and assurance that 
by discipline, by patient industry, by courage and confidence in our 
country and cause, the United States of America will, instead of 
sinking into Mexican anarchy, arise with proud honor and glory, 
and become what Washington designed it: •' The freest and best 
regulated Government on Earth."' 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General Commanding. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 150. J Camp near Black River, July 30, 1863. 

{Extract.) 
* * * -^ * 

One commissioned officer from each brigade of this corps, to be 
designated by the Brigade Commander, and one enlisted man from 
each regiment, to be designated by the Regimental Commander, will 
at once de dispatched to Vicksburg and vicinity to collect and 
forward to their proper regimental camps all officers and men 
belonging to this corps — not absent by orders from Department or 
Corps Headquarters. The convalescent camps in and around 
Vicksburg will be visited by the detail sent under this order, and all 



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sick and convalescents able to be moved will be brought to their 
proper regimental or hospital camps. The details thus sent will be 
allowed three days to discharge their duties under this order. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary trans- 
portation. 

***** 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 156. I Camp near Big Black, Augusts, 1863. 

( Extract. ) 

I. ..The brigade of Colonel Sandford, of the 4th Division, 15th 
Army Corps, will move to Oak Ridge Post Office, and take post 
there, taking tents, sick, and all its transportation. General Ewing 
will also designate a four-gun battery to accompany this brigade. 

The commanding officer of this brigade will make his morning 
reports to, and receive instructions as heretofore from, his Division 
Commander. 

II. ..The Cavalry of this corps, viz : The 3d and 4th Iowa and 5th 
Illinois, under the command of Colonel Winslow, of the 4th Iowa, 
will start on Monday next, provided with four days' rations, and 
completely equipped in all respects for service, on an expedition, 
concerning which the commanding officer will receive minute and 
full instructions. The Corps Quartermaster, Lieutenant Colonel J. 
Condit Smith, will turn over to the Brigade Quartermaster of 
Colonel Winslow the sum of three thousand (3,000) dollars for the 
use of this expedition, taking receipts therefor. 

***** 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS, 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

Near Black River ^ Miss., August 7, 1863. 
[Circular.] 

The following dispatch has been received from Vicksburg: — 

" To General Sherman : 

" If you have any deserving young men in your command, between the ages 

of sixteen (16) and twenty-one, (21,) fit for a cadetship, send in the names of 

five or six of them to be forwarded to receive appointments from the State of 

Mississippi. 

" U. S. GRANT, 

"Major General'" 
Division Commanders will cause five or six selections as above 
mentioned to be made from their commands, and order the young 
men to report to the General commanding, at these Headquarters, 
between the hours of ten and two o'clock to-morrow, for examina- 
tion, in order that the requisite number may be selected, and their 
names forwarded. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 6-3. J Camp on Big Black, August 9, 1863. 

1. In order that all officers and soldiers belonging to and serving 
with this corps may have a better understanding of existing orders, 
and the rules of war touching private persons and property, the 
Commanding General hereby announces and makes public the laws 
of the United States, and the practice of all civilized nations con- 
cerning them: — 

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 

Art. III. ..No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any 
house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in 
the manner prescribed by law. (None thus far prescribed.) 

Art. IV. The rights of the people, to be secure in their persons, 
houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, 
shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable 
cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing 
the place to be searched, and the person and things to be seized. 



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Act of Congress September 20, 1776 ; re-enacted April 10, 1806. 

Art. XXXII. Every officer, commanding in quarters, garrison, 
or on the march, shall keep good order, and to the utmost of his 
power redress all abuses or disorders which may be committed by 
any officer or soldier under his command ; if upon complaint made 
to him of officers or soldiers beating or otherwise ill treating any 
person, or disturbing fairs or markets, or of committing any kind 
of riots to the disquieting of the citizens of the United States, he, 
the said commander, who shall refuse or omit to see justice done to 
the offender or offenders, and reparation made to the party or parties 
injured, shall, upon proof thereof, be cashiered, or otherwise pun- 
ished as a General Court Martial shall direct. 

Art. LII. Any officer or soldier who shall misbehave himself 
before the enemy, run away, or shamefully abandon any fort, post 
or guard which he or they may be commanded to defend, or speak 
words inducing others to do the like, or shall cast away his arms or 
ammunition, or shall quit his post or colors to plunder and pillage, 
every such offender, being duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death, 
or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a 
General Court Martial. 

Art. LIV. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves 
orderly in quarters and on their march, and whoever shall commit 
any waste or spoil, either in walks of trees, parks, warrens, fish- 
ponds, houses or gardens, corn-fields, inclosures of meadows, or 
shall maliciously destroy any property whatsoever belonging to the 
inhabitants of the United States, unless by order of the then Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the army of the said States, shall (besides such 
penalties as they are liable to by law) be punished according to the 
nature and degree of the offense by the judgment of a Regimental or 
General Court Martial. 

Act of Congress approved March 8, I860 — Conscript Law. 

Sec. 30. That in time of war, insurrection or rebellion, murder, 
assault and battery with intent to kill, manslaughter, mayhem, 
wounding by shooting or stabbing, with intent to commit murder, 
robbery, arson, burglary, rape, assault and battery with an intent to 
commit rape, and larceny, shall be punishable by the sentence of a 
General Court Martial or a Military Commission, when committed by 
persons who are in the military service of the United States, and 



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subject to the Articles of War, and the punishments for such offenses 
shall never be less than those inflicted by the laws of the State, Ter- 
ritory, or District, in which they may have been committed. 

Such are the laws of Congress which all officers are bound to 
know, and all soldiers are presumed to know, binding on all alike, 
no matter of what rank or degree. 

2. The Government of the United States is essentially one of law, 
and the army peculiarly a part of the executive. Every person who 
enters the army swears to "obey the orders of the President of the 
United States and the officers appointed over him, according to the 
Rules and Articles of War." 

He is paid, clad, fed, and provided for in all ways by the United 
States, and his whole time belongs to the Government. 

He cannot therefore engage in any business or trade, or acquire 
property by or through his connection with the army. 

All the work of his hands and the fruits of his labor belong to the 
United States. It is for this reason that the world so properly 
stamps as infamous the attempts of officers and men who obtain 
cotton, hordes, mules, furniture, or anything during war. 

Should any private property be taken in war it belongs at once to 
the United States, and the party who has taken it is bound to deliver 
it to a Quartermaster or accounting officer of the Government, and 
if the taking is wrongful, he is moreover liable to trial and punish- 
ment for pillage and plunder under the 52d Article of War, or for 
larceny under the act of Congress of March 3, 1863. 

The true and only rule is, that the individual officer or soldier can 
take, from friend or enemy, nothing. The United States, by the 
President or his representative, the commanding officer, (see Art. 
LIV,) takes what is necessary to carry on war, of which he must be 
sole judge. He may destroy houses, railroads, bridges, anything or 
everything, and may carry away horses, mules, wagons, forage, pro- 
visions, or anything he may deem proper and necessary. 

This is the act of the United States and not of the individual, and 
the United States holds the commanding officer to an account, that 
such property is used exclusively for public benefit, and accounted 
for like other public property which is purchased and paid for. 

It is impossible for a Commanding General to be present every- 
where, and therefore he must delegate this important trust to some 
subordinate. In the loth Army Corps I have ordered, and now 



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renew the order, when any corps acts separate from others, or I am 
in command of the whole, that Division and Brigade Quartermasters 
and Commissaries — and no others — while operating in an enemy's 
country and distant from our supplies, may take corn, fodder, and 
forage generally, cattle, hogs, sheep, and meat generally, and when 
the necessity is urgent, may take carriages to carry the sick or wagons 
to carry baggage, but in all such cases a proper receipt must be given 
to the owner or agent in possession, signed Avith the official name of 
the officer responsible, and the articles so taken must be accounted 
for on his property return as though "purchased." 

All officers should respect the demands of common humanity, 
and leave with each family enough to subsist on for a reasonable 
time, as otherwise we are compelled to furnish them again with the 
actual necessaries of life. 

3. In war the destruction of dwelling houses, barns, fences, &c., 
along a line of march, is only justifiable when they afford immediate 
shelter to an enemy, or a dangerous cover from which to fire on us. 
Of this the commander of the leading brigade or division engaged 
should judge. 

No officer but the Commander-in-Chief can destroy houses to 
produce some future effect, or to fulfill some remote war policy, 
and then he should appoint a special detail to execute his orders. 

Any commander can at any time let down fences when he deems 
it necessary to deploy his troops, or to open roads. - 

Rails or fencing material can be used for repairing roads and 
bridges, and also for firewood when other fuel is not convenient. 

To rob the interior of a dwelling of books, papers, pictures, 
clothing, dishes, and furniture is disgraceful to us all ; leads to 
resentment, lowers the self respect of the array, and detracts from 
its honorable character. 

Commanders of Divisions and Brigades may order the materials 
of barns, cotton-gins, stables, outhouses, and fences to be used to 
make shelters for men in inclement weather, but soldiers should 
never take these materials without first obtaining the orders of the 
proper commanders. 

In all cases when such materials are taken, written receipts or 
certificates of the quantity and value should be tendered the owner, 
which will entitle him to compensation, when Congress makes pro- 
visions for such payment. 



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4. The army being the physical power used by our national 
Government to enforce its laws and decrees, its officers and soldiers 
should set the example of obedience. A disorderly, factious, and 
ungoverned army is not calculated to impress a people in a state of 
rebellion with proper respect for our cause and Government, and if 
we demand absolute obedience from them, we should ourselves first 
show obedience to our own laws and authorities. 

If the people of the South unfortunately should mistake our for- 
bearance and presume on it, the Commanding General can lawfully 
and speedily by one word undeceive them, and let them feel the 
terrible effects of an army let loose with orders to retaliate or to 
take vengeance. 

We are not armed solely to subdue a rebellion in the South, but 
to "serve the United States against all their enemies and opposers 
whomsoever." Some of us are engaged in pursuing and punishing 
Indians who have disturbed the peace of our frontier settlements ; 
others in chasing pirates and freebooters on the high seas ; others 
in destroying mobs who have set up their crude opinions over the 
laws of Congress ; and still others are distributed throughout the 
land to compel by force obedience to the decrees of our courts and 
civil tribunals, whilst we happen to be in the heart of a country torn 
by civil war and upheaved by a mighty and terrible rebellion. 

But all are engaged in the same common cause, viz: maintaining 
the dignity and authority of the United States. When, as in time 
of peace, the civil authority can be vindicated by sheriffs, marshals, 
and constables of the courts, the army would not be justified in 
interfering, but when foreign wars or internal strife produce com- 
binations too powerful to be overcome by the ordinary machinery of 
civil government, then the Executive is bound by his oath of office 
to call upon the army and navy of the nation. These are living, 
intelligent hands, by which he enforces the public law, and we derive 
our rightful power by delegation from him, or through the laws of 
Congress or the common laws of war, which are nothing more than 
customs long sanctioned and respected by all civilized nations. 

All these vest the army with the rightful power to take life, 
destroy property, and use violence to produce the end demanded by 
the Government. But, as in the case of the sheriff charged with 
the execution of a writ or mandate of a court, we must only use 
that amount of force and violence demanded by the occasion and no 
more. 



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5. Every officer who accepts a commission in the army accepts 
a high trust. He is bound to study his profession, and not only 
acquaint himself with the drill, which is merely the machinery of 
his trade, and the regulations which enable him to feed, clothe, and 
provide for his men, but to learn the laws of his country, and of 
other countries, that he may use the physical power intrusted to his 
care, and apply it to the uses designated by his Government. If he 
sits down in ignorance and idleness, drawing his pay and consuming 
the resources of his country without an adequate return of labor 
and service, he is guilty, not only of a high misdemeanor, but a 
breach of trust. 

Any officer who goes along and shuts his ears and eyes to the fact 
that his command, instead of executing the well known laws and 
orders of his Government, are engaged in violating them, is as cul- 
pable as the one who engages directly in these criminal or mis- 
chievous acts. Ignorance but adds to the criminality, and it is for 
this good reason, that Colonels of regiments and Captains of com- 
panies are, in all well regulated armies, held absolutely responsible 
for the conduct of their men. The law gives them the rightful and 
physical power of keeping their men under their very eyes, and if 
they neglect to use this power, they are guilty of a wrong act, and 
cannot plead it in extenuation of some other wrong naturally arising 
from it. 

A commissioned officer cannot set up a want of "Orders" to 
excuse him for neglects and disorders occurring within the sphere 
of his command. He is at all times vested with the lawful power 
to suppress all "abuses and disorders," (see o2d Article of War,) 
and it is made his duty, under severe penalties, to use the power 
thus vested in him. 

The Army of the United States, instead of being, as some igno- 
rant men conceive, an instrument of tyranny, is, in fact, the most 
perfect machine which the wisdom of man ever devised. 

From the private soldier to the Commander-in-Chief each has his 
position, duties, and responsibilities clearly defined, so that any man 
of ordinary intelligence may understand. Should he be wronged, 
he has his redress, (see Articles of War 34 and 35,) and in the exe- 
cution of his office and duties, he has, in his immediate superior, 
one who is intrusted with the power to sustain him in all cases of 
doubt and uncertainty. Whatever imperfections exist in this 



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machine arise from the common imperfections and passions of 
human nature, against which no wisdom can guard ; and even here 
comes in the final rule to which all human beings must submit: 
"That the inferior in rank must submit to the superior, even if 
wrong, because of the necessity of the case," trusting that time, 
which rectifies all wrongs, will bring its remedy in due course of 
nature. 

The Commanding General, in laying down these general princi- 
ples, invites all officers in his corps to reflect and study them ; and 
he hopes that therefrom the 15th Army Corps will, in time, become 
renowned, not only for the more dazzling feats of arms, but for that 
respect and subordinate faith in the laws and constituted authorities 
of our Government which will give it stability and tend to make it 
eternal. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General Commanding. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I fifteenth army corps, 
No. 66. I Camp on Big Black., August 11, 1863. 

I. ..The General commanding announces the following as the result 
of the examination a few days since: — 

Recommended to the Secretary of War for immediate appointment 
as Cadets at West Point — 

1. Sergeant Luke Clarke, 13th Regulars. 

2. Corporal Charles L. Arnold, Company "A," 1st Illinois Artil- 
lery. 

3. Private Horace S. Callendar, •26th Iowa. 

4. Drummer Jacob E. Goodman, 116th Illinois. 

5. Corporal Clinton B. Sears, 95th Ohio. 

6. Sergeant Major John D. Moore, 53d Ohio. 

This resulted from the merits of the parties, and gives one to the 
Regulars, one to the Artillery, and one to each of the four divisions 
of Infantry. 

II... The following names were also sent to the Secretary of War 
as worthy of appointments in case of any new vacancies : — 

1. Private William E. Griffith, 13th Regulars. 

2. Sergeant Major Thomas E. Lonergan, 90th Illinois. 

3. Private William H. Stewart, 30th Ohio. 



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4. Samuel J. Ford, 47th Illinois. 

5. Frank Hamilton, 6th Iowa. 

6. Thomas G. Troxel, 25th Iowa. 

III. ..The first six named will prepare to go to West Point as soon 
as appointments come, the other six will depend on the favor of the 
Government. 

The General commanding announces that he is always ready and 
willing to advance the interests of any soldier of his command, and 
urges on all, especially the young, to prepare themselves for advance- 
ment to the highest grades in the service, as all are open to the 
ambitious, the industrious and worthy soldiers who do their duty 
like men. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 159. J Catnp near Black River, August 11, 1863. 

[Exti^ad.) 



II. ..The 2d Wisconsin Cavalry will move along the west bank of 
Big Black River, past Baldwin's Ferry, and take post at Red Bone 
Church, from which place the commanding oflBcer will report to 
Major General McPherson, commanding 17th Army Corps, for 
instructions. 

III. ..Brigadier General J. A. J. Lightburn, commanding 2d Divi- 
sion, will detach one regiment for picket duty between Mrs. Brook's 
house and the Amsterdam farm during the absence of the Cavalry. 

The commanding officer will report in person at these Head- 
quarters for instructions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 



R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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HEADQUARTERS, 

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

Camp near Black River ^ August 13, 1863. 
[Circular.] 

Such cotton, marked C. S. A,, as may be in the vicinity of the 
camps of this command will be collected under the direction of the 
Division Commanders and forwarded through the Quartermaster's 
Department, invoiced to Mr, Montrose, Special Agent of the 
Treasury Department at Vicksburg. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

> FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 69. J Camp on Black River, August 30, 1863. 

From and after September 1, the following disposition of the 
divisions of this corps is ordered : — 

1. The 1st Division will hold the position at the railroad bridge, 
with patrols, scouts, «&c., visiting the country down as far as Hall's 
Ferry. 

Division drill with Infantry and Artillery on Tuesdays, subject 
to inspection by the Commanding General, at 4 p. m. 

2. The 2d Division will guard the Black River at Amsterdam and 
Bridgeport, and otherwise act as a general reserve, keeping up easy 
communication with Bovina, Tiffin and Wixon's. Division drill of 
Artillery and Infantry on Wednesdays, subject to general inspection 
at 4 p. m, 

3. The 3d Division will guard the line of Bear Creek, with our 
brigade at Oak Ridge. Headquarters near Tribble's, and scouts 
scouring the country between the Yazoo and Black Rivers. 

Drills b}' brigades or divisions on Thursdays, subject to inspec- 
tion, without previous notice, at 4 p. m. 

4. The 4th Division will guard the Big Black from Bridgeport up 
to the mouth of Bear Creek. Headquarters near Messenger's. 

Division drills on Fridays ready for inspection by the Command- 
ing General at 4 p. m. 



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The 4th Brigade, 4th Division, having only two regiments, is hereby 
broken up, on the 1st of September, and the following assignments 
made, to take effect as soon as that brigade is relieved at Oak Ridge 
by one from the 3d Division : — 

The 6th Iowa to the 2d Brigade. 

The 48th Illinois to the 3d Brigade. 

5. Until the return to this command of the many general officers 
belonging to it, the senior officer present for duty will command the 
several divisions and brigades, and will be held accountable for 
the drill, instruction and records. 

Besides the daily guard mounting and parade, the roll-calls pre- 
scribed by regulations, and drills, heretofore ordered. Division 
Commanders will give special attention to the arms, ammunition 
and equipments of their commands, and see that all things, material 
to the service, are now procured. A system of book instruction 
should be instituted in all the brigades, that the officers and men 
now on duty may become qualified to impart proper instructions to 
all recruits and conscripts, to which we are entitled to fill our ranks. 

We have now passed safely the hot and sickly season of Missis- 
sippi, and can safely go to work. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> fifteenth army corps. 

No. 71. J Camp on Big Black, September 22, 1863. 

I. ..The 1st Division, Brigadier General Osterhaus commanding, 
will move his entire division with camp equipage and trans- 
portation into Vicksburg, with all dispatch, using the railroad and 
marching by land into Vicksburg, and there embark for such desti- 
nation as may be given him by the Commanding General of the 
Department. 

General Osterhaus will report forthwith by telegraph to the Com- 
manding General of the Department the earliest hour at which he 
can reach the river, that boats may be in waiting for his command. 



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II... Brigadier General Giles A. Smith, commanding the 2d 
Division, will send forthwith one brigade of his division to the 
bridge, to guard and hold that point, relieving General Osterhaus 
this afternoon. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No, 74. j Cainj? on Black River, Sejjtember 25, 1863. 

The 2d and 4th Divisions of this Corps will be held in readiness 
to embark for Memphis, and move thence to the interior. 

The sick and surplus baggage will be at once moved to Black 
River railroad bridge, and thence by rail to Vicksburg to the levee, 
below the steamboat landing. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary trans- 
portation. 

The troops will be prepared to strike camp at a moment's notice, 
and march to Vicksburg for embarkation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I fifteenth army corps, 

No. 75. J Camp on Black Biver, Aliss., Sept. 2G, 18GS. 

I... The 2d Brigade, 3d Division of this Corps, Brigadier General 
J. A. Mower commanding, will at once relieve the 2d Brigade, 2d 
Division, Colonel O. Malmbourg commanding, at Black River rail- 
road bridge. 

II. ..The Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Colonel W. R. M. Wal- 
lace, will take post at or near Messenger's Ford, and report to Brig- 
adier General Tuttle, commanding 3d Division, for orders. 



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III. ..Brigadier General J. M. Tuttle, commanding 3d Division, 
will have charge of the line of Black River, and will report by letter 
to Major General James B. McPherson, commanding 17th Army 
Corps, Vicksburg, for instructions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

l FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 76. J Camp on Big Black, September 26, 1863. 

I... Colonel Winslow will organize a force of about 1,000 men to 
move via Brownsville, Vernon, and Benton, and to return viaYdiZOo 
City and Mechanicsville, to start to-morrow evening. 

Special instructions to be given the commander, who will report 
in person to the Commanding General. 

II... General Buckland will send two regiments of Infantry 
forward on the Benton road to await the arrival of the Cavalry. 

III. ..General Corse will send a brigade of Infantry with three 
days' rations to-morrow to the church on the Jackson road. When 
the Cavalry passes there they will follow to Brownsville, to remain 
until time is allowed for the Cavalry to reach Vernon, when they 
will return to camp and follow the motions of their division. 

IV. ..This move is designed to cleai* our north front before moving 
up the river, and during the time it occupies, camps will be disposed 
as follows : — 

General Tuttle's Headquarters where these Headquarters now are, 
and the camp of the 4th Iowa Cavalry near by. 

General Buckland' s Brigade at Oak Ridge. 

Colonel Geddes' Brigade at or near Tribble's. 

General Mower's Brigade at railroad bridge, and all the Cavalry, 
e'xcept 4th Iowa, at Messenger's. 

v.. .Colonel Winslow, 4th Iowa Cavalry, is announced as Chief 
of Cavalry, and his orders will be obeyed by all the Cavalry forces 
now attached to this command. 

VI. ..No Cavalry will accompany the movement up the river except 
the detachment of Thieleman's Cavalry attached to the 2d Division. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 185. j Camp on Black River, Miss., Sept. 26, 1863. 

(Extract.) 

* -x- * * -je- 
ll. ..The 8th Ohio Battery, Captain Putnam commanding, is 

hereby transferred from the 2d to the 3d Division of this Corps, and 
the commanding officer thereof will report to Brigadier General 
J. M. Tuttle, commanding 3d Division, for orders. 

III. ..The 2d Division of this Corps will march early to-morrow 
morning to Vicksburg, and embark on board the steamboats provided 
by the Quartermaster, and there await further orders. 

* * -55- -H- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> fifteenth army corps, 

No. 186. j Memphis, Tenn., October 2,, 1863. 

I. ..The 2d Division, Brigadier General G. A. Smith commnading, 
will move at once by railroad to Corinth, and there await further 
orders. 

II. ..The 4:th Division, Brigadier General John M. Corse com- 
manding, on its arrival at this place will proceed at once by railroad 
to Corinth, and there await further orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ fifteenth army corps. 

No. 77. J Memphis, October 6, 1863. 

I... In order to relieve the railroad, now overtaxed, a train will be 
made up of all wagons, teams, mules, &c., capable of travel, to 
move early on Thursday morning for some rendezvous on the out- 
skirts of Memphis, say the old camp of the 8th Missouri on the 
Poplar Street Road. 



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The Chief Quartermaster of the Corps will cause all the general 
and division wagons to form part of this train, and Commanders of 
Divisions, Brigades, and Regiments will send all wagons and horses 
that can possibly be spared. Wagons will carry no loads save the 
necessary forage for the animals and six days' rations and cooking 
utensils of the teamsters and escort. 

This grand train will be escorted by one battery of Artillery and 
about 1,500 Infantry, to ride in the wagons, and the 3d U. S. Regular 
Cavalry and Thieleman's Battalion. 

The Infantry and Battery will be detailed by the Commanding 
General of the 2d Division, who will appoint some good Colonel to 
command the whole. All the baggage can be sent to Corinth in 
advance by the railroad. 

The officer designated to conduct this train will report in person 
to the Commanding General for maps and special instructions. 

II. ..The utmost expedition must now be used to reach Corinth 
with all the Corps and its equipment by Sunday next, the 4th Divi- 
sion to bring up the rear. All officers are advised to leave their 
surplus baggage, likely to encumber the march and overload the 
wagons, in Memphis, and store the same with some merchant or the 
U. S. Quartermaster, to come forward to us in the future by rail or 
the Tennessee River, according to circumstances. 

All property, whether private or public, so left, will be properly 
marked and secured. 

The Chief Quartermaster, Colonel Smith, will facilitate all such 
storage at the expense of the United States. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 188. J Memphis, Tenn., October 6, 1863. 

{Extract.) 



III... 1st Lieutenant J. C. Audenried, 6th U. S. Cavalry, is hereby 
announced as Aide-de-Camp to the General commanding. He will 
be obeyed and respected accordingly. 



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IV... Captain H. S. Fitch, Quartermaster's Department, having 
reported in person, is hereby attached to the General's Staff, and 
will act as Provost Marshal and Judge Advocate for the Corps. All 
prisoners of war and all charges and specifications will be sent to 
him for his examination and orders. 

v.. .2d Lieutenant Frederick J. James, 3d U. S. Cavalry, is hereby 
announced as a member of the General's Staff, and will act as Ord- 
nance officer. 

He will at once enter on his duties, and on consultation with the 
Chief of Artillery, Major Taylor, will cause to be sent to Corinth a 
full supply of ammunition for the field batteries and small arms of 
the Corps. 

* -x- * 7«- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

|- FIFTEEXTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 192. i Memphis, Tejin., October 10, 1868. 

{Extract. ) 

-;<- 5t -H- * -jf 

II... 1st. Brigadier General Corse, now in command of 4th Division, 
will put the division in motion to-morrow toward Corinth, together 
with his wagons, animals of all kinds, and Artillery, leaving proper 
details with the regimental baggage and the knapsacks of the men 
to be transported out by rail. 

He will carry in his wagons only ten days' rations and necessary 
cooking utensils, so the wagons may afford incidental carriage to the 
weary and footsore. 

The Chief Quartermaster, Colonel Smith, will make arrangements 
to have transported to Corinth the baggage of the 4th Division by 
railroad. 

2d. On arrival at Corinth, General Corse will receive new orders, 
but in the event of any accident he will close up on the rear of the 
corps wherever it may be. 

* * -x- * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

V FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 80. J Corinth, Miss., October l^), 1863. 

The following is announced as the organization of the Corps on 
its present expedition : — 

Major General VV. T. Sherman in command. 

Major General F. P. Blair, second in command. 

1st Division, General P. J. Osterhaus commanding. 

2d Division, General Morgan L. Smith commanding. 

3d Division, General John E. Smith commanding. 

4th Division, General Hugh Ewing commanding. 

Each Division Commander will proceed forthwith to prepare for 
an onward march, providing all possible means of transportation. 
But the railroad will afford means of heavy carriage for some days 
to come. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

Xo. 196. J Corinth, Miss., October 16, 1863. 

{Extract.) 

1. The 2d Division, General Morgan L. Smith, will move to- 
morrow forward to close up on General Osterhaus, passing John E. 
Smith's Division. The absent regiments will follow by the road or 
by cars, as the case may require. 

This division will move from its camp on Clear Creek, following 
roads south of the railroad. 

2. A wagon train of 200 wagons will be dispatched by roads 
north of the railroad, under escort of the 5th Ohio Cavalry, and 100 
wagons delivered to General John E. Smith, at Burnsville, and 100 
to General Osterhaus, at or beyond luka. 

3. The 1st Division, General Osterhaus, will cross Bear Creek, 
and cause the railroad bridge to be repaired, so that our heavy stores 
can be carried by rail to any suitable place east of Bear Creek. 



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4. When the whole column is put in motion it will be in the order 
of 1st, lid, 3d, and 4th Division, till the head of column reaches the 
Tennessee River opposite Florenoe. 

Staff and other officers will make their dispositions accordingly. 



By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 

No. 197. J Corinth, Miss., October 17, 1863. 

{Extract.) 



II ...Major General F. P. Blair will proceed to luka and take 
command of the 1st and 2d Divisions, and the Cavalry force, com- 
posed of the 3d Regulars and 5th Ohio. He will load his wagons 
lightly, and push across Bear Creek, and up to Tuscumbia, securing 
from destruction as much of the railroad as possible, that it may be 
repaired by the troops following. 

* * -x- -s -x 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAW^YER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

\ fifteenth army corps, 

No. 198. j luka, October 20, \mz. 

{Extract.) 

I. ..General Ewing, commanding 4th Division, will take command 
of all matters in and near luka. 

He will keep one regiment constantly on duty at the depot, 
maintaining order, loading and unloading cars with the utmost 
promptitude, and will impress the labor of every straggler and 
idler about the depot, and convalescents, where labor more or less 
will do them no harm. 



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In concert with the Chief Quartermaster, Commissary and 
railroad agents, he will see that the utmost dispatch is used in 
expediting the work of the cars. 

He will dispatch General Corse with one regiment and three days' 
rations in wagons to Eastport to reconnoitre, and with instructions 
to collect forage and meat ; to find and collect at Eastport all boats 
in and near the mouth of Bear Creek, and secure them for our 
future use. 

At or before the end of three days General Corse will report back 
to these Headquarters the result of his observations. 

II. ..Captain W. L. B. Jenney will trace out on the ground a 
redoubt, of a development of say 500 yards, to the south and west 
of the depot, commanding the depot, side track, &c., of railroad, 
as also one or other of the springs of water. He will make the 
profiles and initiate the work, so that those who come after us may 
complete it. 

III. ..The Medical Director will select one or more good buildings 
for hospitals, to receive sick and wounded men. The limits of these 
must be clearly marked, and convalescents or the sick must be kept 
to these limits, or else be impressed for work. 

IV.. .As a general policy, citizens should go away and stay. The 
Provost Marshal General will register all who cannot leave luka, 
and explain to them that they must keep close or suffer the penalty 
of expulsion. Those living in the country must stay at home. Any 
citizen found lurking about the town or railroad will be sent to 
Memphis or put in the work gang. 

* * -:f -ss- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. 



GexVeral Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 1. ) Inka, Miss., October 24, 1863. 

I... Pursuant to General Orders No. 2, from Headquarters Military 
Division of the Mississippi, Louisville, Ky., of date October 19, 
1863, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Department 
and Army of the Tennessee. 

II... Major R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General, is an- 
nounced as Chief of Staff. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

[ department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 2. j luka, Afiss., October 2o, 1863. 

I. ..The General commanding the Department and Army of the 
Tennessee hereby announces the following subdivisions of his com- 
mand : — 

1st. The loth Army Corps, Major General F. P. Blair. Head- 
quarters in the field. 

2d. The 16tli Army Corps, Major General S. A. Hurlbut, com- 
posed, as at present, of all the troops now at Memphis, Columbus, 
Corinth, and along the railroad, and of Kimball's Division, tempo- 
rarily detached. Headquarters, for the present, at Memphis. 

3d. The 17th Army Corps, Major General J. B. McPherson, 
composed, as at present, of all the troops now serving at Natchez, 
Vicksburg, and in the State of Mississippi, south of the Tallahatchie. 
Headquarters, Vicksburg. 

II. ..The Corps Commanders will forthwith arrange garrisons for 
the fortified points in their respective districts, and will organize 
into proper brigades and divisions all other troops ready for offen- 
sive operations. 

III. ..All officers in command of corps and of fixed military posts 
will assume the very highest powers allowed by the laws of war and 
Congress. They must maintain the best possible discipline, and 



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repress all disorders, alarms and dangers in their reach. Citizens 
who fail to support their Government have no right to ask favor and 
protection ; but if they actively assist us in vindicating the national 
authority, all commanders will assist them and their families in 
every possible way. 

Officers need not meddle with matters of trade and commerce, 
which by law devolve on the officers of the Treasury Department ; 
but, whenever they discover goods "contraband of war" being 
conveyed towards the public enemy, they will seize all the goods 
tainted by the transaction, and imprison the parties implicated in 
the matter, but care must be taken to make a full record and report 
of each case. 

When a district is infested by guerillas, or held by the enemy, 
horses, mules, wagons, corn, forage, &c., are all means of war, and 
can be freely taken, but must be accounted for as public property. 

If the people do not want their horses, corn, &c., taken, they 
must organize and repress all guerilla or hostile bands in their 
neighborhood. 

IV. ..It is represented that officers, provost marshals and others 
in the military service, are engaged in business or speculation on 
their own account, and that they charge fees for passes, permits, &c. 
All this is a breach of honor and of law. Any salaried officer of 
the military service owes every hour of his time, every thought of 
his mind, to his Government, and if he makesone cent of profit 
beyond his pay he is corrupt and criminal. All officers and soldiers 
in this Department are hereby commanded to engage in no business 
whatever save their sworn duty to their Government. 

v.. .Every man should be with his proper corps, division, brigade, 
and regiment, unless absent sick or ivoiuided, or detached by written 
order of a competent commander. 

Soldiers when so absent must have their descriptive rolls, and 
when not provided with them the presumption is they are improperly 
absent. 

Mustering officers will see that all absentees, not away by the 
written order of their proper commander, are reported on the muster 
rolls as deserters, that they may lose their pay, bounty, and pensions, 
which a generous Government and people have provided for the 
soldiers and officers who have done their whole duty. The best 



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hospitals in the world are provided for the wounded and sick, but 
these must not be made the receptacles for absentees, who seek to 
escape the necessary exposure and dangers of a soldier's life. 
Whenever it is possible, citizens must be employed as nurses, cooks, 
attendants, stewards, &c., to hospitals, in order that the enlisted 
men may be, where they belong, with their regiments. Medical 
Inspectors will attend to this at once. 

The General commanding announces that he expects the wounded 
and sick to have every care possible, but this feeling must not be 
abused to the injury of the only useful part of the army — "the 
soldier in the field." 

VI. ..In time of war and rebellion, districts of country occupied 
by our troops are subject to the laws of war. The inhabitants, be 
they friendly or unfriendly, must submit to the controling power. 
If any person in an insurgent district corresponds or trades with an 
enemy outside, he or she becomes a spy. And all the inhabitants, 
moreover, must not only abstain from hostile or unfriendly acts, but 
must aid and assist the power that protects them and affords them 
trade and commerce. 

The people who occupy this Department had better make a note 
of this and conduct themselves accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT AXD ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 1. J luka, Miss., October 2b, 1863. 

I...1. Colonel S. G. Hicks, 40th Illinois, will proceed with 
dispatch to Paducah, Kentucky, and assume command of that post. 
He will take with him Lieutenant A. F. Taylor, Regimental Quar- 
termaster of the same regiment. 

2. Colonel Hicks, on arrival, will dispatch to Florence, Tennes- 
see, the 111th Illinois, now at Paducah, if it has not already gone, 
and will call on the commanding officer at Columbus or Cairo for 
three (3) companies, to garrison and hold the fort at Paducah. 



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3. Colonel Hicks will give personal attention to the boats passing 
up and down the Tennessee, to see that dispatch is used, and that 
no contraband trade is carried on from that quarter. 

4. Any citizen in or near Paducah who attempts to create disorder, 
alarm, or danger to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood will 
be promptly imprisoned and reduced to subjection. 

II. ..The entire 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, will be prepared 
to start to-morrow for Eastport, to cross the river and advance to 
Florence, with ten days' rations in their wagons. 

III... Fuller's Brigade of the 16th Corps will relieve with one (1) 
regiment the brigade now at Burnsville, and with the rest take post 
at luka till further orders. 

■5t * * -X- * 

VI... Major General F. P. Blair will assume command of the 15th 
Army Corps. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 2. J luka, Miss., October 26, 1863. 



II... Captain 0. H. Howard, Chief Signal Officer Department of 
the Tennessee, having reported for duty, will distribute his officers 
equally among the 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps, and will himself, 
with an assistant and two field signal apparatus, report at Head- 
quarters of the Department in the field. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 



R, M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

^ DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 3. j luka, October 27, 1863. 

I... General Dodge's Division and Fuller's Brigade, of the 16tli 
Army Corps, will be forthwith fitted out for field service, and will 
move east of Corinth, hold, for the time being, luka and Bear Creek, 
and the moment the command is fitted for the field will move forward 
and report to Headquarters, wherever they may be. 

Major General Hurlbut will make all necessary orders and dispo- 
sitions to carry this into effect. 

* * TT -H- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

I" department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 4. J luka. Miss., October 28, 1863. 

I. ..This Department being an insurrectionary district, and the 
execution of the laws of the United States being resisted by armed 
rebels, every citizen is liable to be called on for military service, 
and, if so called on, must render it. 

II. ..Every commanding officer of a fixed military post, or of an 
organized brigade or division of the army in the field, may impress 
any citizen whatever, and may compel his services in any of the old 
organized regiments or companies. If the party so impressed be a 
conscript, according to the laws of Congress, his name will be prop- 
erly enrolled by the Provost Marshal General, and he will be entitled 
to all the pay, bounty and allowances provided by law; but if the 
individual is not enrolled on the proper lists his services will be 
compelled till such time as he is no longer needed, when he will be 
dismissed. During the period of such forced service the individual 
will be entitled to rations and clothing, but no compensation, in the 
nature of a posse comitatus called out by an United States Marshal. 

III... Every officer making such forced levies will report the same, 
with lists, to the Provost Marshal General of this Department, to be 
filed with the Provost Marshal General at Washington, D. C, and 



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will assign them by Special Order to old regiments and companies. 
Their names will be borne on the muster-rolls of the companies to 
which they are attached, with a remark explanatory of the nature of 
the service, its beginning and ending. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

> UEPARTMEXT AND ARMY OV THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 4. J luka, Miss., October 2S, 18m. 

I. ..All the convalescents and sick belonging to the loth Army 
Corps, who can possibly be moved, will be sent to Florence, 
Alabama, via Waterloo. 

Surgeons and Quartermasters will at once take the necessary steps 
to carry out the provisions of this order. 

II. ..The Ordnance Depot at Corinth will be discontinued, and all 
surplus stores not needed by the actual garrison will be moved into 
Memphis. 

Lieutenant Parker, Chief of Ordnance of the Department, will 
send a reserve supply of ammunition for the troops moving east- 
ward from Memphis round to the Tennessee River, to lie under 
protection of a gunboat at the head of navigation till further orders. 

The Quartermaster will furnish a light draft boat for such purpose. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y department and army of the Tennessee, 
No. 5. J • Waterloo, Ala., October ^Q, ISm. 

1. Pursuant to instructions of the General commanding the 
Division of the Mississippi, the 15th Army Corps and the command 
of General Dodge will cross the Tennessee with as much expedition 
as possible, and move east via Florence, Hunsville, &c., to meet 
further orders. 

2. Eastport will be considered the head of navigation of the Ten- 
nessee for the present, and all transports will be discharged there 
or held subject to orders. 



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The marching columns will leave their sick and all incumbrances 
at Eastport or Waterloo, subject to further orders. 

3. General Dodge will designate a regiment to hold Eastport, and 
will instruct the commanding officer to entrench the position on the 
hill over the town. 

He will detach two guns, with ammunition for the use of the gar- 
rison at Eastport. 

4. The senior officer of each of the Ordnance, Quartermaster and 
Commissary Departments, now present with the army, will desig- 
nate an officer of his Department to remain at Eastport and take 
charge of the stores of their Departments that may be left there or 
that may arrive by the river. 

5. Colonel Siver will collect all invalids or sick men left behind 
and organize them at Eastport, and the Ordnance officer will issue 
to them arms and ammunition on the requisition of Colonel Siver, 
or whomsoever may have charge of them. 

The Medical Director will also designate one or more medical 
officers to remain with the sick, with the necessary medical supplies. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 6. ) Waterloo, Ala., October 8\, 1863. 

I. ..Pursuant to instructions from the General commanding the 
Military Division of the Mississippi, the od Division of the 15th 
Army Corps, Brigadier General Tuttle commanding, will move at 
once by boats ma Cairo and up the Tennessee River, landing 
opposite Eastport, and push forward via Florence to join his proper 
corps. 

The Quartermaster's Department will provide the necessary trans- 
portation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Okders | HEADQUARTERS, 

I DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 9. J Fayetteville, Tenn., November 10, 1868. 

I. ..The llltb Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry is hereby 
assigned to the 15th Army Corps, Major General F. P. Blair com- 
manding, and will report accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant (ieneral. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>• department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 13. ) Bridgeport, Ala., November 'IS, 1863. 



VI... All prisoners of war, made by the Army of the Tennessee, 
or in the Department, will, with all possible dispatch, be sent by 
the nearest route to Cairo, with duplicate lists, and a small guard 
when necessary. The commanding officer at Cairo, by himself or 
an officer specially detailed, will receipt for the same, and one copy 
of the receipt will be sent by the officer in charge to the Commissary 
General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C. 

Attention is called to the Circular of the Commissary General of 
Prisoners, of date July 7, 1863, which niust^ be strictly complied 
with. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 14. J Near Chattenooga, November 2], 1863. 

I... Every availabe man fit for duty in the 15th Corps, now 
present, will at once be prepared for an important movement. Each 
man will carry a blanket or overcoat, three (3) days' rations, and as 
near one hundred (100) rounds of ammunition as possible, including 
that in cartridge boxes. 



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The camps and transportation will be left in charge of those unfit 
for duty. The ambulances will follow their respective divisions as 
far as the river, but await further orders before crossing. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

DEPARTMENT AND AKMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

Near Chattanooga, November 22, 1863. 
Operations for Monday, November 23. 

The 15th Army Corps, reinforced by one division of the Army of 
the Cumberland, is to cross the Tennessee at the mouth of East 
Chickamauga Creek, advance and take possession of the end of 
Missionary Ridge, viz: from the railroad tunnel to Chickamauga; 
hold and fortify. 

The Army of the Cumberland and General Hooker's command 
are to assist by direct attack to their front. 
Details : 

One Brigade, 2d Division, to march to West Chickamauga Creek 
to man the boats, (120;) to have everything ready, and at midnight 
to-night (November 22d to 23d) to push out and drift down the 
Tennessee till one-half (1) mile above East Chickamauga, where 
two regiments land and secure the enemy's picket at the mouth of 
Chickamauga. 

The remainder of the brigade will drop down and laud below the 
mouth of Chickamauga, and at once prepare a rifle trench at the 
summit of the hill. 

The whole of the 2d Division will then cross to the north of the 
Chickamauga, and the od Division to the south, each working smart 
to fortify the ground and to improve the landings. 

Both these divisions, each with one good battery, should be across 
and well covered by break of day, and a pontoon bridge finished 
across the Chickamauga to connect these two divisions. 

The 1st and 4th Divisions will approach the Tennessee by separate 
ways, one above and the other below the Chickamauga, but keep 



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out of observation of the enemy till the opposite bank is secure and 
boats ready to receive them. 

This will probably be as early as 7 a. m.. when they will be rowed 
across rapidly and move out. 

The 1st Division will cross the Chickamauga and follow it up to 
near abreast of Missionary Ridge and ascend the hill at its point. 

The 4th Division will move out towards Tunnel Hill, keeping 
connection up with the left division on Chickamauga Creek, which 
is the guiding flank. 

The 3d Division, John E. Smith, will form the centre, and march 
by column of divisions, ready to deploy forward, direct to the mid- 
dle hill, keeping up with the left division. 

The 2d Division will follow the centre division as soon as relieved 
by the division of the army of the Cumberland, which will take its 
place in line or act according to circumstances, not yet foreseen. 

General William F. Smith will give all the detailed arrangements 
for crossing over, and the Commanding General will explain in 
person to the Division Commanders the ground and maps. 

The utmost silence, order and patience must be displayed. 

The boats will take their loads from the heads of columns, and 
the men will resume their places the moment they reach the opposite 
bank of the Tennessee. Very great care must be taken by Division 
Commanders, that the routes of march do not cross each other. The 
1st and 2d Divisions crossing above Chickamauga, should follow the 
road up the valley where our camps are, and around north of these 
Headquarters : the 3d and 4th Divisions can take the direct route by 
the head of John E, Smith's camp. 

Except in case of orders, muskets must not be loaded till the 
troops are disembarked on the other side of the Tennessee. 

Division Commanders of the 2d, 3d and 4th Divisions will each 
select one battery to accompany the division. 

The others will be left in position to cover the crossing under the 
direction of the Chief of Artillery, who will at once commence to 
place these batteries, being careful not to stop roads needed by the 
movement. 

By order of Major General AY. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special, Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

V DEPARTMENT A\D ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 15. J Near Chattanooga, November 23, 1868. 

Owing to the non-arrival of troops expected, the operations of the 
loth Corps, as planned for this morning, are postponed for twenty- 
four hours. 

The instructions issued for this morning will therefore be carried 
out to-morrow morning with this exception, that in case of the non- 
arrival of the 1st Division in time, the 2d Division, in addition to 
the part already assigned, will execute the part laid down for the 
1st Division after crossing. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

y department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 10. j Athens, Tenn., December 1, 1863. 

I. ..The several divisions composing this army in the field will 
march at dawn of day to-morrow, prepared to make a long and 
forced march if necessary, on Loudon, keeping well closed up and 
prepared for any event that may arise. 

The march will be in the following order : — 

1. The 11th Corps, Major General 0. 0. Howard commanding. 

2. The division commanded by General Jeff C. Davis. 

3. The loth Corps, Major General F. P. Blair, jr. , commanding. 
II... All the Cavalry belonging to the command will be massed 

under the command of Colonel Long, and wall, at 2 o'clock p. m. 
to-morrow, be in the column between (lenerals Howard and Davis, 
prepared to leave the column and dash forward to secure the bridge 
at Loudon. 

III. ..The head of the Infantry column will await at Philadelphia, 
a report from the Cavalry as to the condition of things at Loudon. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS. 

I DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 17. J Philadelphia, Tenn., December 3, 1863. 

The senior commanding officer at Kingston will, after leaving a 
small force to garrison the place, collect all the troops, Infantry, 
Cavalry, and Artillery, and push around to Knoxville, with the 
right flank resting on the Holston, feeling their way cautiously, and 
covering the steamboat " Chattanooga." 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

Special Orders') HEADQUARTERS, 

\ DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 18. J Maryville, December 6, 1863. 

I. ..The 4th Corps, Major General Gordon Granger commanding, 
will move to morrow to Knoxville, Tennessee, reporting to Major 
General Burnside. 

II. ..The 11th Corps, Major General Howard commanding, will 
march to-morrow for Athens, Tennessee, via Davis' Ford and Sweet- 
water. General Howard will send a guard to Charleston. 

Til. ..The 15th Corps. Major General F. P. Blair, jr., commanding, 
will march to-morrow for Tellico Plains, via Morgantown. 

IV. ..The Division commanded by Brigadier General Jefferson C. 
Davis will march to-morrow, via Madisonville, to Columbus, on the 
Hiwassee. 

v.. .All the Cavalry now with this army will report to Colonel 
Long, and march slowly to Tellico Plains, via the Ford above Tel- 
lico River. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

\ DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 5. J Marysville, Tenn., December 1, 1863. 

I... Major General John A. Logan, having reported for duty as 
Commander of the 15th Army Corps, will assume command thereof 
and enter upon his duties. 



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II... Major General F. P. Blair, now commanding the Corps, will, 
with his Assistant Adjutant General and personal staff, proceed to 
Chattanooga and turn over to General Logan the records of the 
Corps, when they will be relieved from duty with the Corps and 
report for orders to Major General Grant, commanding Military 
Division of the Mississippi. 

III. ..The General commanding avails himself of this opportunity 
to thank General Blair for the zeal, intelligence, courage and skill, 
with which he has handled the Corps during the eventful period he 
has commanded it. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 21. j Charleston, December 15, 1863. 

I. ..The Brigade of Cavalry commanded by Colonel Long, rein- 
forced by the 5th Ohio, Colonel Heath, will take post on the Hiwas- 
see, guarding it as a line looking toward Georgia, more especially 
the railroad bridge at Charleston. Colonel Long will dispose his 
forces to that end, and will subsist on the resources of the country 
till other arrangements are made. 

II. ..The Battalion, 3d U. S. Regular Cavalry, will push forward 
and overtake the 15th Army Corps at or beyond Cleveland and fol- 
low its movements. 

III... Colonel Long will open communication by courier with 
General Grant at Chattanooga, and with General Elliott at Kingston 
or Loudon. He will relieve the 5th Ohio, which will then proceed 
to overtake the 15th Array Corps and report to its commander for 
duty. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENXESSEE, 

No. 22. j Cleveland, Tenn., December 15, 1863. 



The troops of this command will move at 7 o'clock a. m. to- 
morrow in the following order: — 

1st. The 11th Corps, Major General Howard commanding, by the 
road leading through McDaniel's Gap. 

2d. The two divisions of the loth Corps, the 4th Division in the 
advance, by the road through Julian's Gap. 

3d. The division commanded by General Jeff. C. Davis, following 
the 11th Corps. 

Commanding officers of the troops named will report by staff 
officer to the Commanding General at Ooltawah after the heads of 
columns have passed the gaps. The colums will be kept well closed 
up with good rear guards, and care taken that no stragglers are left 
behind. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 6. J Ooltawah, Tenn., December 16, 1863. 

[...The several divisions composing this army in the field will 
continue the march early to-morrow, in the order in which they now 
are, to Chattanooga; the 11th Corps, General Howard, and the 
division commanded by General Jeff. C. Davis, crossing the Chicka- 
mauga by the Stone Bridge, or any other to the east of it, and the 
divisions of the 15th Corps by the pontoons near the mouth of the 
Chickamauga. The several commanders on reaching Chattanooga 
will rejoin the commands to which they belonged prior to the battle 
of Chattanooga. 

II... In thus dissolving the army which fought the left wing of the 
battle of Chattanooga, and afterwards compelled Longstreet to raise 
the siege of Knoxville, the General commanding hereby thanks all 
officers and men for the promptness with which all orders were 



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obeyed, more especially for the cheerfulness exhibited under priva- 
tions of the severest kind. Without tents, without rations, with 
insufficient clothing, almost without shoes, in midwinter, this army 
sprang with a generous impulse and marched to Knoxville, a distance 
of one hundred and twenty miles, over the worst of roads, and 
relieved from danger twelve thousand of our fellow soldiers, be- 
sieged by a dangerous enemy, and returned only after General 
Burnside had asked for partial reinforcements, and that the 
remainder should return to the more important strategic field of 
Chattanooga. That all officers and soldiers who have participated 
in the hardships of this march may feel that their labors were appre- 
ciated, the General commanding hereby makes public the letter he 
received at Knoxville, at the hands of General Burnside, and he 
takes this method of announcing to this army the thanks which 
General Burnside so manfully tendered on the part of himself and 
of his brave garrison : — 

"HEADQUARTERS, 

" ARMY OF THE OHIO, 

^'' Knoxville, December 7, 1863. 
" Major General W. T. Shermax, Commanding: 

"General: I desire to express to you and your command my most hearty 
thanks and gratitude for your promptness in coming to our relief during the 
siege of Knoxville, and I am satisfied that your approach served to raise the 
siege. 

'•The emergency having passed, I do not deem, for the present, any other 
portion of your command but the Corps of General Granger necessary for 
operations in this section; and inasmuch as General Grant has weakened the 
forces immediately with him in order to relieve us, thereby rendering the 
position of General Thomas less secure, I deem it advisable that all of the 
troops now here, save those commanded by General Granger, should return 
at once to within supporting distance of the forces in front of Bragg's army. 
"In behalf of my command I desire again to thank you and your command 
for the kindness you have done us. 

" T am, General, very respectfully, 

"Your obedient servant, • 

"A. E. BURNSIDE, 

'■'Major General, Commanding.'''' 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

I DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 23. j Chattanooga, December 17, 1863. 

I. ..All the officers and troops belonging to the Army of the Ten- 
nessee, now serving in the country near Bridgeport and Chattanooga, 
will move by easy marches to the neighborhood of Bellefonte and 
Larkinville ; Headquarters at Bellefonte. 

II. ..The two divisions of the 15th Corps, now at Chattanooga, 
will take charge of the pontoons designed for a bridge across the 
Tennesse, and will move them down the river to Mud Creek, a few 
miles above Bellefonte, (stopping at Bridgeport long enough to 
organize their trains and have the troops paid.) part of the divisions 
manning the boats and the balance moving by land. The divisions 
will establish their camps near the boats safely moored up Mud 
Creek. Each of the divisions will take charge of thirty of the 
pontoons, and the 1st Battalion, 13th U. S. Infantry, will take 
charge of ten. 

III. ..Major General John A. Logan, commanding 15th Army 
Corps, is charged with the execution of this order and will select 
camps for the several divisions with a view to an easy collection of 
forage and provisions. 

IV...xill the forage and provisions in that region of country will 
be collected and stored under the direction of Division and Brigade 
Quartermasters and Commissaries. 

Such as may be taken from loyal owners will be paid for by formal 
vouchers, but when taken from rebels or disloyal owners no com- 
pensation will be made. 

v.. .The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the Department 
of the Tennessee will make all arrangements for the supply of the 
troops of all clothing and stores not yielded by the country. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 25. j Bridgeport, Ala., December 20, 18(33. 

I. ..The 2d Division, 17th Army Corps, Brigadier General John 
E. Smith commanding, is hereby transferred to the 15th Army 
Corps, and will be known as the 3d Division of that Corps. 

II. ..The 3d Division of the 15th Army Corps, Brigadier General 

J. M. Tuttle commanding, is hereby transferred to the 16th Army 

Corps. 

* -x- * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[ department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 26. J Bridgeport, December 2\, 1863. 

I... So much of Special Orders No. 23, from these Headquarters. 
December 17, 1863, as directs that the 1st Battalion, 13th U. S. 
Infantry, take charge often of the pontoon boats, is modified in this 
respect, viz : the boats will be turned over at this point for the use 
of the balance of the 15th Corps. 

II. ..The 1st Battalion, 18th U. S. Infantry, is assigned to the 1st 
Brigade, 2d Division, 15th Array Corps, for purposes of reports and 
returns, but will be attached to and move with these Headquarters, 
receiving orders from the General commanding. 



By order of iNIajor General W, T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> department and army of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 32. I Bridgeport, Ala., December 27, }86S. 

•K- * ^ 4f -^ 

IV... 1st. Until further orders, an Ordnance Depot for the supply- 
ing of that portion of this army east of the Tennessee River will be 
established at Nashville, Tennessee, under the charge of Lieutenant 
J. H. Hogan, Acting Ordnance officer. 



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2d. Acting Ordnance officers of divisions will take measures with- 
out delay to organize their ammunition trains in accordance with 
Paragraph 3, General Orders No. 55, from Headquarters Depart- 
ment of the Tennessee. 

They will supply themselves with not less than 200 rounds per 
man of small-arm ammunition, and 300 rounds per gun of Artillery 
ammunition, for the troops of their respective divisions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

V DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 6. ) Memphis, January 20, 1864. 

I. ..The commanding officer at Memphis may organize the loyal 
citizens of Memphis into a brigade of four regiments for home or 
local defense, and may issue to them arms, accoutrements, ammu- 
nition, and undress uniforms, to be receipted for and security given 
for their safe return to the proper authorities on the order of the 
commanding officer of the post. 

II. ..The Quartermaster may set apart and dedicate to the use of 
these regiments, as armories or places of rendezvous, suitable build- 
ings, such as cotton sheds, one to each regiment, said buildings to 
be of those already in possession of the United States by reason of 
abandonment by disloyal owners. One to be at or near the navy 
yard, two to be at or near the railroad depot, and the fourth to be 
at or near Fort Pickering, and the Quartermaster may expend any 
material now on hand to adapt these buildings to the uses named, 
viz: armories for the home guards. 

III. ..The troops organized under this order shall be exempt from 
conscription under Department orders, (but liable of course to the 
laws of the United States.) unless by neglect of duty they render 
themselves liable to expulsion from their regiments or commands : 
they will take the oath of allegiance required of them by law, and 
sign a written agreement to do such local guard duty, drill, and 
defense of the city as may be required of them by the Post Com- 
mander and the Brigade Commander he may appoint over them, 
subject to approval of these Department Headquarters. 



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IV. ..The Quartermaster and Ordnance officer at Memphis will 
make the necessary issues under this order on the requisition of the 
Colonels of regiments, with a bond attached, all to be approved by 
the Post Commander. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT OK THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 11. j Memphis, Tenn., January 27, 1864. 

{Extract) 

I. ..Major General Hurlbut will, with the command recently organ- 
ized here, proceed with all dispatch to Vicksburg and move out on 
the Upper Jackson road to the Big Black, near Messenger's, and 
prepare a bridge to cross his command to the east. He will then 
await the arrival of the General commanding. 

II... Major General McPherson will move his command, as here- 
tofore ordered, to the Big Black railroad bridge to cross his command 
to the east. He will leave a covering force at Vicksburg, Haines' 
Bluff, and the bridge, and will be prepared to move from the Big 
Black eastward at an hour's notice. 

III. ..The command designated for the field will be lightly equipped ; 
no tents or luggage save what is carried by the officers, men and 
horses. Wagons must be reserved for food and ammunition, cart- 
ridge boxes must be filled full of fresh ammunition, and 100 rounds 
extra carried along in wagons or on pack animals. Ten days' meat 
and hard bread, and thirty days' of salt, sugar and coffee will be 
carried in wagons. Beef cattle will be driven along, and pack 
animals at the rate of one per company, when practicable, in lieu 
of wagons. 

IV... Artillery will be cut down one- half, and that double teamed ; 
and 200 rounds of ammunition for each gun will suffice but must be 
carried in caissions belonging to each battery. Artillery carriages 
must not be loaded down with men or pack, nor must imperfect 
ammunition be carried along, nor shot wasted at imaginary objects. 
Chiefs of Artillery will see that each box is inspected, and the 
heavy Artillery wagons and forges left at the depot. 



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v.. .The expedition is one of celerity, and all things must tend to 
that. Corps Commanders and staff officers will see that our move- 
ments are not embarrassed by wheeled vehicles improperly loaded. 
Not a tent will be carried from the Commander-in-Chief down. The 
sick must be left behind, and the Surgeons can find houses and 
sheds for all hospital purposes. 

VI. ..All Cavalry in the Department is placed under the command 
of Brigadier General W. S. Smith, who will receive special instruc- 
tions. 

* * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

|- DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 12. J Memphis, January 27, 1864. 

{Extract. ) 

The Memphis and Charleston railroad will be broken up and the 
locomotives, cars and all the machinery that would be useful to the 
Nashville and Decatur road will be sent by steamboat to Nashville 
and delivered to the agent of Mr. Anderson, the Superintendent of 
the railroads in this Military Division. 

II. ..Two locomotives and ten box cars will be retained in Mem- 
phis for the use of supplying the picket stations out on the road. 

III... The expenses incurred in the execution of this order will 
come out of the fund now in the hands of the Quartermaster of the 
road, but in case they are insufficient. Captain Eddy will provide 
transportation and funds to complete the change. 

IV... General J. D. Webster will superintend the execution of this 
order and make any further direction necessary to carry out its 
objects with as much celerity as possible, and will rejoin the 
General commanding wherever he may be. 

* * it * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide de- Camp. 



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General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 1. J Hunisville, Ala., January m, 1864. 

I. ..Captain D. H. Buel, of the Ordnance Department, is hereby 
announced as Chief Ordnance Officer of the Department and Army 
of the Tennessee, vice Lieutenant F. H. Parker, relieved. 

He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 

ri...All acting ordnance officers in the Department will at once 
report to Captain Buel by letter, stating their duties, when and by 
whom appointed, &c. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

V DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 16. I In the Field, near Decatur, Miss., 

February 11, 1864. 

To expedite our march the following dispositions are ordered to 
be made during to-morrow, to go into effect the next day, viz., Feb- 
ruary 13th : To each regiment will be allowed two wagons, one for 
cartridges and one for bread and cooking utensils, and two ambu- 
lances. To each General, Division and Brigade Headquarters, one 
wagon ; all other vehicles will constitute a general train, under escort 
of one regiment to a division, and one battery, to be designated by 
General McPherson. 

II. ..The army thus relieved of baggage will further be reduced by 
all men who are sick and unable to march, who will remain with the 
wagon train, and will march the next morning early, each regiment 
followed by its own wagons and ambulances ; and Colonels of regi- 
ments will see that the wagons are helped through bad places on the 
road. Each man must carry a full proportion of ammunition and 
provision for five days, (three days' full rations.) 

III. ..The wagons and escorts thus detached will follow behind the 
army as far as Chunky River and there await further orders. The 
army itself will move by Decatur directly on Meridian ; and General 
McPherson will send one regiment of his corps from Decatur, on 



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the railroad, with instructions to keep abreast of him, and, in its 
progress, to destroy bridges, culverts, and track of the railroad at 
the rate of about twelve miles a day. 

IV. ..The Cavalry and mounted officers will carry on their horses 
the necessary blankets and provision for the ride, and trust to the 
country for forage. 

v.. .Captain Hickenlooper, of General McPherson's Staff, will 
organize a strong pioneer and working party, and close up to the 
Cavalry advance, repairing bridges and roads so as to expedite our 
march. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 17. J Meridian, Miss., February U, 1864. 

The destruction of the railroads intersecting at Meridian is of 
great importance and should be done most effectually. Every tie 
and rail of iron for many miles in each direction should be absolutely 
destroyed or injured, and every bridge and culvert completely 
destroyed. To insure this end, to General Hurlbut is intrusted the 
destruction east and north, and to General McPherson the roads 
west and south. The troops should be impressed with the import- 
ance of the work, and also that time is material, and therefore it 
should be begun at once and prosecuted with all the energy possible. 
Working parties should be composed of about one-half of the com- 
mands, and they should move by regiments, provided with their 
haversacks and arms ready to repel attacks of Cavalry ; the other 
half, in reserve, will be able to watch the enemy now retreating 
eastward. 

II... Colonel Winslow, commanding Cavalry, will keep his Cavalry 
in advance of the party working eastward, and act as though this 
army was slowly pursuing the enemy. 

III. ..Special instructions will be given to the general supply train, 
and the troops now in Meridian will, by proper brigade parties. 



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collect meal, meat, and supplies. The destruction of buildings 
must be deferred until the last moment, when a special detail will 
be made for that purpose. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 18. j Meridian, Miss., February 15, 1864. 

The General commanding conveys his congratulations to the 
officers and men composing this command for their most successful 
accomplishment of one of the great problems of the war. Meridian, 
the great railway centre of the southwest, is now in our possession, 
and by industry and hard work can be rendered useless to the enemy 
and deprive him of the chief source of supply for his armies. Secrecy 
in plan and rapidity of execution accomplish the best results in war, 
and the General commanding assures all, by following their leaders 
fearlessly and with confidence, they will in time reap the reward so 
dear to us all — a peace that will never again be disturbed in our 
country by a discontented minority. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 19. j Meridian, Miss., February lb, \^M. 

General McPherson will move one division of his command early 
to-morrow morning southward on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, 
with instructions to do as much damage to bridges, culverts, and 
track of the road, and any property of the enemy, including private 
saw-mills, as far as and including the bridges over the Ochtibbeha 
and Chickasaha Creeks in the neighborhood of Quitman. 

II. ..The officer in command will report back to General McPher- 
son, or the General commanding, promptly, all information gathered 
respecting the movements of the enemy. 

HI... Colonel Winslow, commanding Cavalry, will send one regi- 
ment of his command to accompany this expedition, the senior 



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officer reporting for instructions to the officer in command of the divi- 
sion designated by General McPherson in compliance with this order. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Cainp. 

Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 20. j Meridia?i, Miss., Februaiy 18, 1S64. 

I... Having fulfilled, and well, all the objects of the expedition, 
the troops will return to the Mississippi River to embark in another 
equally important movement. 

II. ..The 16th Army Corps, Major General Hurlbut's command, 
and the Cavalry commanded by Colonel Winslow, will march from 
Marion by way of Union and Hillsboro', and the 17th Corps, Major 
General McPherson, and the general train from Meridian, by 
Decatur and Hillsboro', each taking four days in reaching Hills- 
boro'. At that point each corps will resume charge of its own train, 
and march by routes to be indicated by the General-in-Chief. The 
march will begin on the 20th instant, and the Corps Commanders 
will not pass Union and Decatur until they have communicated with 
each other by couriers across at those points. 

III. ..Buildings must not be burned on the return march, save by 
order of the Commanding General of a Corps or Division, unless 
they are used as a cover to the enemy from which to fire at our men. 
Then, any commissioned officer may cause them to be destroyed, 
and report the fact to his Division Commander. 

IV. ..The march should be conducted slow ; about fifteen miles 
per day, and in good order. Foraging parties must be strong and 
well commanded. There is no seeming danger, but every precau- 
tion should be taken against Cavalry dashes at our trains. The 
wagons should be distributed by brigades along the column and not 
kept in a single corps train. 

v.. .The General commanding will accompany General Hurlbut's 
column, and reports will be made accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 21. J Canton, Miss., Februanj 2Q,\864. 

The troops composing the expedition will rest at and near Canton 
until the General commanding can ride to Vicksburg and dispatch 
back orders for the next movement dependent on the state of affairs 
since our departure. The following dispositions will be made of 
the troops : — 

1. General Hurlbut will cause the crossing at Big Black to be 
reconnoitred, and boats and materials collected to build a bridge 
if ordered or needed. 

2. The 18th Corps will occupy the space from Canton to the 
Big Black on the Yazoo Cit}' road ; the 17th Corps the space from 
Canton to Pearl River by the road on which we marched. 

3. General McPherson will cause the bridge built on the Pearl 
River by his pioneers to be guarded till the last moment of its 
utility to us, when it must be destroyed in loto. 

4. The Cavalry will take post to the north and east of Canton, 
and will picket and scout out daily between Pearl and Big Black 
Rivers at least twenty miles. 

II... Corps Commanders will, at the earliest practicable moment, 
dispatch into Vicksburg, under escort of three or four men entitled 
to furlough by reason of re- enlistment, all their surplus wagons and 
captured stock, all sick or wounded men, all prisoners, negroes, and 
indeed everything that is an impediment or dead weight to the army, 
retaining only the effective force of soldiers and servants and the 
necessary transportation for short movements. 

III... General Tuttle, commanding at Big Black, will dispatch 
immediately, under escort of one of his regiments, about sixty (60) 
wagon loads of hard bread, salt, sugar and coffee, in the proportion 
of the ration, to be divided between the two corps of the army 
including the Cavalry and Tuttle' s Brigade with the 16th Corps. 
To produce the equality this train will come out by Edwards' Depot, 
Queen's Hill Church, Brownsville, and Livingston. 

IV... General Hurlbut will cause a section of about ten miles of 
the Mississippi Central railroad, north of and including the bridge 
over Big Black, to be effectually destroyed, and General McPherson 



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will cause a similar break at and south of Canton. General Mc- 
Pherson will also cause the locomotives and cars to be utterly 
destroyed, with powder if necessary. 

v.. .Colonel Winslow will detail a regiment entitled to furlough 
by reason of re-enlistment to report to the General commanding at 
7 A. M. to-morrow, without wagons, and with two days' rations, to 
escort him to Big Black bridge. 

VI... Lieutenant Varney, Acting Aide-de-Carap to Major General 
J. B. McPherson, will proceed to Vicksburg, Mississippi, as bearer 
of special verbal instructions, and await the arrival of the General- 
in-Chief. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

V DEPT. AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 44. j Huntsville. Ala., February 27, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General Ellett, commanding Mississippi Marine 
Brigade, will devote his attention, and that of his command, exclu- 
sively to the protection of the planting interest on the Mississippi 
River. 

He is in no case to go below Vicksburg or above Greenville 
without direct orders from the Department Commander or other 
officers entitled to issue orders to him. 

He is specially required to move from place to place within the 
limits herein prescribed as his services may be required to give 
protection. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 22. J Vicksburg, February 28, 1864. 

{Extract.) 
I. ..The army in the field now at Canton will remain there till 
about March 3d, to hear from and assist, if necessary, the Cavalry 
expedition under command of Brigadier William Sooy Smith, which 



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should have left Memphis February 2d at furthest, but did not till 
about the 11th. If heard from, General McPherson with his corps 
will await his arrival or till he can communicate with him, and order 
General Smith to the vicinity of Big Black bridge to await further 
orders or to act offensively should a Cavalry force of the enemy 
appear this side of Pearl River. 

II... General Hurlbut will, about March 3d, move his command 
across Big Black, at or near Moore's Bluff, and come to Vicksburg 
prepared to embark for Red River about March 7th next. 

III. ..Should General McPherson hear of the safety of the Cavalry 
command referred to, or hear no tidings at all of it on or before the 
3d instant, he also will move down the peninsula between Pearl 
River and Big Black to the bridge at Messenger's, or at the railroad 
bridge, and resume his former command at Vicksburg and district. 

IV. ..The Chief Quartermaster of the Department will collect a 
number of steamboats, suitable for the Red River, of a capacity to 
transport two thousand men, with Artillery, Ordnance and Subsist- 
ence stores for thirty days" operations, to be ready at Vicksburg by 
the 7th of March. 

v., .The Commissary of Subsistence at Vicksburg will place at 
Haines' Bluff three days' rations for General Hurlbut' s command 
of two thousand men, to be drawn by him on his way down, and 
the same for General McPherson' s command at the Big Black 
bridge. 

VI. ..The Ordnance officer will be prepared to ship on board 
steamboats, at the date before named, the mortars and thirty-pound 
Parrotts, with all their ammunition on hand, and also a supply of 
musket ammunition, equal to two hundred rounds per man for two 
thousand men. 

VII. ..Captain Varney, Aide-de-Camp to General McPherson, will 
collect all the mail matter and newspapers he can obtain for the 16th 
and 17th Army Corps, and carry the same to the army at Canton ; 
and Colonel Winslow, Chief of Cavalry, will furnish him an escort 
of about two hundred men able to start on the 1st day of March. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 23. j Natchez, Miss., March 5, 1864. 

The intrenchments now approaching completion at Natchez will 
be known as Fort McPherson, and its magazines and armament will 
be completed at as early a date as possible. 

11... All citizens living within the limits must be removed within 
a reasonable time, and all roads leading to, and through it, will be 
closed to the public. 

III. ..The commanding officer at Natchez will assemble a Board 
of Survey, composed of three officers of rank and experience, with 
a recorder, who will examine all houses and tenements within the 
lines of intrenchments, and such on the outside as should, in the 
judgment of Captain Haines, U. S. Engineers, be destroyed, and 
assess their value in gold coin. A copy of the proceedings will be 
filed with the commanding officer at Natchez, another copy sent to 
the Quartermaster General, and a third to the Engineer Depart- 
ment at Washington, D. C. A certificate of valuation will be given 
each tenant or occupant in possession, regardless of his or her 
loyalty and ownership. 

IV. ..The commanding officer at Natchez will give to each party 
dispossessed of houses or tenements by this order, possession of 
another house of like value in Natchez, which may be vacant, and 
the property of some known or suspected rebel. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE, 

No. 24. J Vicksburg, Miss., March 6, 18M. 

General Hurlbut will, out of his 1st and 3d Divisions, make up a 
command of about 7,-500 Infantry, with two good batteries of Artil- 
lery — the whole under command of Brigadier General A. J. Smith — 
to embark on the 7th and 8th instants, on board transports with (30) 
thirty days' rations, and provided for an expedition up Red River. 
Only two ambulances per regiment, and one wagon for each Head- 



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quarters, will be taken along, and the remaining wagons and sick 
will be left at Vicksburg, to be taken care of until the command 
returns to Vicksburg. 

II. ..General McPherson will, in like manner, make up a com- 
mand of about 2,500 men, with one good battery, under a Brigadier 
with rank inferior to that of General A. J. Smith, prepared in like 
manner to embark on boats on the 7th and 8th instants. The Gen- 
eral in command to report in person to General A. J. Smith, who 
will receive full and minute instructions from the General com- 
manding. 

in. ..Corps Commanders will at once order a part of the re-enlisted 
regiments of their corps to their respective States, when organized 
for a furlough of (30) thirty days therein, with full instructions as 
to procuring additional recruits and rejoining their proper brigades 
with dispatch on the expiration of their furloughs. The officers 
and men thus sent on furlough should be impressed with the im- 
portance of their return in time, as military plans can only be 
based on a knowledge of numbers and time. 

I v.. .Brigadier General Veatch's command will proceed, via 
Cairo and the Tennessee River, with all its men, guns, transpor- 
tation, and materials, to join the command of General Dodge at or 
near Athens, Alabama. The Chief Quartermaster of the Depart- 
ment will provide the necessary transportation to carry out these 
orders and those issued February 28, 186-4. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field (3rders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

V DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 25. j Vicksburg, March 7, 1864. 

{Extract.) 

The following disposition is made of the cotton captured and 
brought to Vicksburg by the Yazoo River expedition. Colonel 
Coates, 11th Illinois Infantry, commanding: — 

I... One thousand bales will be delivered to the special agent of 
the Treasury Department, to be by him disposed of as all other 



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abandoned or confiscated personal property, but designed by me to 
indemnify the owners of the steamer "Allen Collier," burned by the 
rebels near Bolivar landing, and any other losses sustained by 
steamboats navigating the Mississippi between Memphis and Vicks- 
burg, engaged in a lawful and licensed commerce. 

II. ..The balance will be held by the Post Quartermaster of Vicks- 
burg, to be disposed of as follows: General McPherson will appoint 
a board of (3) three officers, who will hear and adjudicate all claims 
of loyal citizens, residing on the Mississippi River, within the limits 
of his district, for damages sustained to their property by guerillas 
or the public enemy, or our own troops, such as the burning of 
Doctor Duncan's cotton in the seed or in bales, and the use for 
hospitals of Mrs. Grover's cotton. The board will make an award 
in kind, viz : in bales of cotton, and their award will be examined 
by the commanding officer of the District of Vicksburg, and if 
approved and ordered to be paid, the Quartermaster having it in 
charge will make the restitution in kind, taking receipts therefor in 
full satisfaction for all damages sustained. 

III... After ninety days from the date of this order, the balance, if 
any, will be turned over to the agent of the Treasury Department 
as captured property. 

^ ^ * -St * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

>- DEPARTMENT AND ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 2. J Hwitsville, Ala., March 9, 1864. 

Captain Charles Doty, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volun- 
teers, is hereby assigned to duty as Inspecting Commissary of the 
Department and Army of the Tennessee, and will be respected 
accordingly. 

He will report to Lieutenant Colonel R. Macfeely, Chief Com- 
missary of the Department, for instructions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. • 



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Special Field Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, 

No. 26. J Memphis, March 11, 1864. 

Lieutenant C. M. Chadsey will proceed as bearer of dispatches to 
Major General J. B. McPherson, at Vicksburg, and there await his 
answer and immediately return to Memphis. 

II... Quartermaster at Memphis will furnish the necessary trans- 
portation, and the steamboat used for this purpose can be employed 
in return in transporting furloughed veteran troops. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[■ department of the TENNESSEE, 

No. 28. J Memphis, Tenn., March 14, 1864. 

I... Major General McPherson will organize two good divisions of 
his Corps (the 17th) of about (5,000) five thousand men, each em- 
bracing in part the re-enlisted veterans of his corps whose furloughs 
will expire in April, which he will command in person, and will 
rendezvous at Cairo, Illinois; and report by telegraph and letter to 
the General commanding at Department Headquarters, wherever it 
may be. These divisions will be provided with new arms and 
accoutrements, and land transportation, (wagons and mules,) out 
of the supplies now at Vicksburg, which will be conveyed to Cairo 
by or before April 15. 

* * * -x- * 

III... General McPherson will, out of the troops in the District of 
Vicksburg not belonging to the two divisions named, organize good 
garrisons to hold Vicksburg and Natchez, and will order the com- 
manders to make reports and returns to Major General Hurlbut at 
Memphis, and also to Corps Headquarters in the field. 

IV... During the absence of General McPherson from the District 
of Vicksburg, Major General Hurlbut will exercise command over 
all the troops in the Department of the Tennessee, from Cairo to 
Natchez inclusive, and will receive special instructions from Depart- 
ment Headquarters. 



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v.. .The officers of the Quartermaster's Department, and all others 
in authority, are hereby commanded to use dispatch in forwarding 
troops and supplies, that no unnecessary delay may occur ; and 
boats must not be held night or day at any military post or wood 
station, except for a military reason. Commanders of troops, en 
route or on furlough, may report direct to Department Headquarters 
at Huntsville, Alabama, any stoppage of their boats for any cause, 
and if unexplained, it will be noticed and punished, 

VI. ..The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation 
for Major General W. T. Sherman, and for five commissioned 
officers and six orderlies from Memphis, Tennessee, to Cairo, 
Illinois. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I" MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 1. J Nashville, Tenn., March 18, 1864. 

I. ..The undersigned hereby assumes command of the Military 
Division of the Mississippi, embracing the Departments of the 
Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee and Arkansas. 

Headquarters in the field, with an office at Nashville, Tennessee, 
where all returns and reports will be addressed. 

II... Major R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General, is 
announced as Adjutant General of the Military Division, to whom 
reports will be addressed. The Staff* for the Division will be 
selected and duly announced in orders. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General, Commanding. 



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General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 3. j Nashville, Tenn., March 24., 1864. 

The following officers are named as members of the Staff to th( 
Military Division of the Mississippi : — 
Personal. 

Major J, C. McCoy, Aide-deCamp. 
Captain L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. 
Captain J. C. Audenried, Aide-de-Camp. 

General. 
Brigadier General J. D. Webster. 
Brigadier General W. F. Barry, Chief of Artillery. 

They will be respected accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 4. J Nashville, Tenn. , March 28 1864. 

Captain Montgomery Rochester, Assistant Adjutant General of 
Volunteers, is assigned to duty in the Adjutant General's Depart- 
ment at these Headquarters, and will be respected accordingly. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 5. J Nashville, Tenn., April 5, 1864. 

By and with the approval of the Commander-in-Chief of the 
Armies of the United States, the following changes are made, which 
will go into effect at once : — 

I. ..The 11th and 12th Corps are hereby consolidated, and will 
compose the 20th Army Corps, Major General Joseph Hooker 
commanding. Major General Slocum is relieved from duty in the 
Department of the Cumberland, and will report in person to Major 



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General James B. McPherson, commanding Department of the 
Tennessee, for assignment to the command of the fortified Post and 
District of Vicksburg. 

II... Major General 0. 0. Howard is assigned to the command of 
the 4th Array Corps. Major General Gordon Granger is relieved 
from command of that corps and from duty with the Army of the 
Cumberland, to enable him to avail himself of a leave of absence 
heretofore granted him. 

III... Major General J. M. Scofield is assigned to the command of 
the 23d Army Corps, and Major General George Stoneman is 
relieved from the command of that corps, for assignment to the 
command of a Special Cavalry Force, to be organized under special 
instructions from these Headquarters to the Commanding General 
of the Army of the Ohio. 

IV... Major General John Newton is assigned to duty with the 
Army of the Cumberland, and will report to Major General Thomas, 
at Chattanooga, for assignment to duty according to his rank. 

v.. .Commanding Generals of Departments will make all rules 
necessary to carry into effect these orders, and will make such dis- 
positions of the Staff officers affected, and of corps badges and 
other insignia, as in their judgment will result in the harmony and 
good of the service. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
/ R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 6. J Nashville, Tenn., April 6, 18Qi. 

To enable the military railroads running from Nashville to supply 
more fully the armies in the field, the following regulations will 
hereafter be observed : — 

I. ..No citizen, nor any private freight whatever, will be trans- 
ported by the railroads, save as hereinafter provided. 

II. ..Officers traveling under orders, or on leave of absence, sick 
or furloughed soldiers departing from or returning to their regiments, 
and small detachments of troops, will be transported on the orders 
of post commanders, of Brigadier General Andrew Johnson, Mill- 



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tary Governor of Tennessee, or of the commanding officer of either 
of the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, or the Tennessee, 
or of the Military Division of the Mississippi. Bodies of troops will 
not be transported by railroads when it is possible for them to march, 
except upon the order of the commanding officer of some one of the 
Military Departments above named. Civil employes of the various 
Staff Departments will be transported on the order of the senior 
and supervising Quartermaster, Department of the Cumberland, at 
Nashville, Tennessee, or of the commanding officer of either of the 
Military Departments above named. Employes of the railroads will 
be transported on the order of the superintendent or chief engineer 
of the railroads. 

III. ..No citizens will be allowed to travel on the railroads at all, 
except on the permit of the commanding officer of one of the three 
Military Departments, or of the Military Division of the Mississippi, 
and when their transportation will not prevent that of any army 
supplies, of which the proper officer of the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment will be the judge. 

I v.. .Express companies will be allowed one car per day each way, 
on each military road, to carry small parcels for soldiers and officers. 
One car per day more on each road, for sutlers' goods and officers' 
stores, may be allowed by the senior and supervising Quartermaster 
at Nashville, at his discretion; these cars to be furnished by the 
express companies and attached to the passenger trains. When a 
sufficient surplus of stores has been accumulated at the front the 
senior and supervising Quartermaster aforesaid may increase this 
allowance, .but not before. 

V... Stores exclusively for officers" messes in vei-y limited quanti- 
ties, after due inspection by the Inspecting Officer at Nashville, 
Tennessee, of sutlers' goods, and all private stores, shipped to the 
front, will be passed free on the several roads, on the order of the 
senior and supervising Quartermaster, Department of the Cumber- 
land, at Nashville, Tennessee. 

VI... Horses, cattle, or other live stock, will not be transported by 
railroad, except on the written order of the Commanding General 
of the Military Division, or of one of the Military Departments. 

VII. ..Trains on their return trips will be allowed to bring up 
private freight, when the shipment thereof does not interfere with 



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the full working of the roads, of which the senior and supervising 
Quartermaster at Nashville will be the judge. 

VIII... Provost Marshals have nothing to do with transportation 
by railroads. Their passes merely mean that the bearer can go from 
one point to another named in their pass, but not necessarily by 
rail. The railroads are purely for army purposes. 

IX. ..When the rolling stock of the railroads is increased, or when 
a due accumulation of stores has been made at the front, increased 
facilities may be extended to passengers and private freight, of 
which due notice will be given. Until that time citizens and 
sutlers must use wagons. 

X... Until the railroad is relieved all military posts within thirty- 
five miles of Nashville, and twenty miles of Stevenson, Bridgeport, 
Chattanooga, Huntsville, and Loudon, must haul their stores by 
wagons. 

XI... The general manager of the railroads, and his duly appointed 
agents and conductors, will control the trains, and will be authorized 
to call on every passenger for his orders for transportation by rail- 
road, that they may be returned to the general manager or superin- 
tendent. The military guard will enforce good order, and sustain the 
agents and conductors of the roads in their rightful authority, but 
will report any mismanagement or neglect of duty, through their 
officers, to these Headquarters. 

XII... Until other arrangements are perfected, commanding offi- 
cers, on the request of the railroad managers, will furnish details 
for providing wood or water at such points as may be necessary to 
supply the trains. 

By command of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 7. J Nashville, Tenn., April 18, 1864. 

I. ..When troops serving in this Military Division are transferred 
from one post to another, or from one Department to another 
Department, the orders will embrace transportation for all the 
wagons, mules, horses, tents, clothing, and camp equipage properly 
pertaining to such troops. 



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II. ..When troops are ordered to march for action, or to be in 
condition for action, all encumbrances must be left in store at the 
most safe and convenient point. Mounted officers, (general, regi- 
mental or Cavalry,) will be expected to carry on their own or led 
horses the necessary bedding and changes of clothing, with forage 
and provisions for themselves for three days — which must last five 
days. Infantry officers and soldiers must carry on their persons or 
on led horses or mules, the same ; to which end will be allowed to 
each company, when practicable, one led horse or pack mule. 
Artillery Qan carry the same on their caissons, so that all troops 
must be in readiness for motion, without wagons, for a five days' 
operation. 

III. ..For longer periods of service the Generals in command of 
armies, divisions or brigades, will indicate in orders beforehand the 
number of wagons to each Headquarters and subdivision of com- 
mand. In no event will tents be carried, or chests, or boxes, or 
trunks. Wagons must be reserved for ammunition proper, for 
cooking utensils, for provisions consisting exclusively of bread or 
flour, salt, sugar, coffee, and bacon or pork — in the proportion of 
thirty days' sugar and coffee, double of salt, twenty days' of bread 
or flour, and six of pork or bacon. The meat ration must be 
gathered in the country or driven on the hoof. Officers mu.st be 
restricted to the same food as soldiers, and the General commanding 
knows that our soldiers will submit to any deprivation, provided 
life and health can be sustained, and they are satisfied of the 
necessity. 

IV... One or two ambulances and one wagon should follow each 
regiment ; all other wheeled vehicles should be made up into trains 
of convenient size, always under command of some Quartermaster, 
with a proper escort ; and minute instructions should be imparted 
to the officers in charge of trains as to keeping closed up, doubling 
up on the roads when they are wide enough, or parking in side fields 
when there is any cause of delay ahead, so that the long periods of 
standing in a road, which fatigue the troops so much, may be 
avoided. 

These orders are preliminary. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

[ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 8. ) Nashville, Tennessee, April 19, 1864. 

I... Provisions will no longer be issued to citizens at military posts 
south of Nashville. When citizens cannot procure provisions in 
the country, there is no alternative but they must remove to the 
rear. 

II... Provisions must not be sold to any persons save officers in 
the service of the United States, and the hired men employed by 
the Quartermasters, or other Departments of the Government, at a 
rate not to exceed one ration per day. Commanding officers will 
give their personal attention to this matter, as it is of vital impor- 
tance. It is idle for us to be pushing forward subsistence stores if 
they are lavished and expended on any i^ersons except they belong 
to the army proper. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 9. J Nashville, Tenn., April 19, 1864. 

Colonel Amos Beckvvith, Additional Aide-de-Camp and Com- 
missary of Subsistence, U. S. Army, having reported at these 
Headquarters in compliance with Special Orders No. 146, War 
Department, Adjutant General's Office, current series, is announced 
as Chief Commissary of the Military Division of the Mississippi, 
and will be respected accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 10. J Nashville, Tenn., April 26, 1864. 

I. ..There will be established, at or near Nashville, one or more 
Camps of Instruction, in which will be collected all regimfents 
arriving from the rear which are not assigned to any one of the 
Departments or armies in the field, all detachments or individuals 
who have got astray from their commands, and all convalescents 



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discharged from hospitals. These camps will be under the general 
supervision of the commanding officer of the District of Nashville, 
who will assign to each a General Officer, who will be instructed to 
organize and equip for service all such regiments and detachments, 
and subject them to a thorough system of instruction in the drill 
and guard duties. 

II. ..AH officers, regiments and detachments belonging to any of 
the established Departments, will, without further orders, be sent 
with dispatch to their proper posts ; but such as are not thus pro- 
vided for will be held in reserve at Nashville to reinforce any part 
of the lines of communication to the front, and subject to orders 
from these Headquarters. 

III... Soldiers' Homes are merely designed for the accommodation 
of men in transitu ; and when delayed from any cause, the men will 
be sent to the Camp of Instruction. Officers, and men also, in and 
about Nashville awaiting orders, will be sent to the Camp of In- 
struction. 

IV... Major General Carl Schurz is assigned to the command of 
one of these camps, and will report to Major General Rousseau for 
further instructions. 

v.. .Patrols will, from time to time, be sent to collect men and 
officers who are in Nashville without proper authority. All who 
are not in possession of written orders that warrant their presence 
in Nashville, will be arrested and taken to the Camp of Instruction, 
where they will be put on duty till forwarded, under guard or other- 
wise, to their proper posts. 

VI. ..In time of war, leaves of absence can only be granted, and 
that for limited periods, by commanders of separate armies or 
Departments. Subordinate commanders cannot send officers or men 
away without such sanction : and therefore the numerous shifts of 
that kind will be treated as void. 

VII... Staff Departments, on proper requisitions, approved by 
General Rousseau, will issue the provisions, camp and garrison 
equipage, arms, and accoutrements, necessary to carry into effect 
these orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 11. J Nashville, Tenn., April oO^ 1864. 

The following named officers are announced as Acting Inspectors 
General of this army, and will be respected accordingly : — 
Brigadier General John M. Corse, U. S. Volunteers. 
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ewing, Assistant Inspector General, 
15th Corps. 

Lieutenant Colonel Willard Warner, 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
They will report in person to the Major General commanding in 
the field. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 1. j Chattanooga, Tenn., May 3, 1864. 

The following officers will compose the Staff of the General 
commanding in the field, and will be obeyed and respected accord- 
ingly:— 

Personal Staff. 

Major J. C. McCoy, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain J. C. Audenried, Aide-de-Camp. 
General Staff. 

Chief of Artillery, Brigadier General W. F. Barry, U. S. Volun- 
teers. 

Chief Engineer, Captain 0. M. Poe, U. S. Engineers. 

Chief Quartermaster, Colonel L. C. Easton, U. S. Army. 

Chief Commissary, Colonel A. Beckwith, U. S. Army. 

Chief of Ordnance, Captain Thomas G. Baylor, U. S. Army. 

Medical Inspector, Surgeon E. D. Kittoe, U. S. Volunteers. 

Inspectors General, Brigadier General J. M. Corse, U. S. Volun- 
teers; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ewing, Captain, 13th U. S. 
Infantry ; Lieutenant Colonel Willard Warner, 76th Ohio Volunteers. 

Reports and applications requiring immediate action will be 
addressed by Generals commanding separate armies directly to the 
Commander-in-Chief; by subordinates, to Captain L. M. Dayton, 
Aide-de-Camp. 



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All current business will, as heretofore, be addressed to Lieuten- 
ant Colonel R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General of the 
Division Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee. 

(Signed) W. T. SHERiMAN, 

Major General Commanding. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 12. ] Nashville, Tenn., Mai/ 4, 1864. 

I... Lieutenant Colonel Langdon C. Easton, Quartermaster, U. S. 
Army, is announced as Chief Quartermaster for the army in the 
field. 

IL.. Lieutenant Colonel E. D. Kittoe, Medical Inspector, U. S. 
Army, is announced as Chief Medical Inspector for the army in the 
field. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 2. J In the Field, Tunnel Hill, Ga. , May 9, 1864. 

The Commanding General has just received the following tele- 
gram, and announces it with pleasure, viz : — 

Washington, D. C 

11.15 A. u.—May 9, 18fi4. 
Major General Sherman: 

The Army of the Potomac had hard fighting on the fifth (5th) and sixth, 
(Gth,) driving the enemy from every position. 

On the seventh (7th) they had retreated some ten (10) miles, General Grant 
in pursuit. They left their dead and wounded in our hands. 

Loss on both sides heavy. Battle field near the old Wilderness Tavern. 
Announce the victory to your army. 

(Signed) H. W. HALLECK, 

Major General and Chief of t^taff. 
Let us do likewise. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 3. J In the Field, Snake Creek Gap, Ga., 

May 12, 1864. 

The object of the movement for to-morrow is to interpose between 
the enemy and Resacea, and to break his communications. 

I... Major General McPherson will move his column directly on 
Resacea, occupying in force the hills on this side of Camp Creek, 
and his left extending along up Camp Creek. He will prepare to 
advance a part of his force from his left to the railroad, and break 
it, and then fall back to his line. 

II. ..Major General Thomas will follow close to General McPher- 
son, and when he reaches a main road crossing the Resacea road, 
about two miles this side of the town, viz : the Dalton and Calhoun 
road, he will turn to the left toward Dalton, prepared to deploy 
forward, and connect on his right with General McPherson' s left, 
choosing strong positions to cover the movement on the railroad. 

III. ..Major General Schofield will follow General Thomas, and 
at the first Dalton road, known as the Dalton and Rome road, will 
turn to the left and advance to abreast of General Thomas and con- 
nect with him. General Schofield will leave one brigade in Snake 
Creek Gap, about five miles east of Villanow, and the balance of 
the one division in General McPherson's entrenched camp at this 
point. 

IV. ..The Cavalry of General Garrard will picket all roads to our 
rear, and in case of being threatened from the north, will come into 
Snake Creek Gap and cover the rear of the army and the wagon 
train. The Cavalry of General Kilpatrick will move south of the 
main road to Resacea, and be held in reserve near the forks of the 
road, and be subject to the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. 

v.. .All trains will be brought in Snake Creek Gap, and be parked 
in convenient order off the road. Great care must be observed in 
keeping the road clear, and ambulances and wagons when not trav- 
eling the road must invariably turn out and leave all the road clear. 
Each army commander will leave his own wagon guards, and the 
men should leave their knapsacks in camp. 

VI. ..The movement will begin at six (6) o'clock a. m. to-morrow. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 4. J Li the Field, near Eesacca, 

May 14, 1864. 

The following telegram is just received, and the General-in-Chief 
announces the victory: — 

Washington, D, C, May 13, 1864. 
Major General Sherman : 

After four days' hard fighting at Spottsylvania Court House, and terrible 
battle yesterday, in which one (1) whole division of the enemy, Edward John- 
son's, were killed or captured, with thirty pieces of cannon, Lee abandoned 
his works and retreated. Grant is pursuing. 

(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON, 

Secretary of War. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 5. ) In the Field, near Eesacca, 

May 14, 1864. 

I. ..Major General Schofield is charged with guarding Knoxville 
and the railroad from Tyners to Knoxville, and from Cleveland to 
Dalton, relieving, as soon as possible, General Thomas' troops on 
that line. 

II. ..Major (leneral Thomas will guard the railroad from Chat- 
tanooga to Dalton, and forward as the army advances. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders i HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 6. J In the Field, Resacca, May 15, 1864. 

The movement of the troops for to-day will be as follows: — 

I... Major General McPherson, reinforced by the Cavalry division 

of General Kilpatrick, will continue to threaten the line of the 

enemy's communications by a pontoon bridge near Lay's Ferry, and 

a good lodgment on the other bank. He will hold the strong. 



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defensive position gained yesterday, from the Bald Hill to the 
Oostanaula, near the mouth of Camp Creek, prepared at all times 
to assume the offensive. 

II. .Major General Thomas will hold one corps (General Palmer's) 
on the defensive, holding the line of hills on the west side of Camp 
Creek, connecting strong with General McPherson on a line with 
the Bald Hill, with a reserve in the large field behind it, {i. e., the 
cleared valley of the west branch of Camp Creek.) The other two 
corps. Hooker's and Howard's, will make a steady and strong attack 
on the enemy along down the ridge between Camp Creek and the 
Conasauga towards Resacca, but will not assault fortified positions 
unless sure of success. 

III... Major General Schofield will support the line of General 
Howard and General Hooker, and be prepared to resume his place 
on the left as soon as the ground will permit. During the advance 
he will hold his troops to the left rear of General Howard and Gen- 
eral Hooker's line. 

IV... All the troops should be in position for action at daylight, 
and the general movement begin at eight (8) o'clock a. m. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 7. j In the Field, Resacca, May 15, 1864. 

I...Dalton is announced as the present depot of supplies, but the 
railroad superintendent may bring forward trains of cars with ammu- 
nition or special articles up to the very rear of the army. The wagon 
trains will be brought out of Snake Creek Gap, and that route 
abandoned. Wagon trains will take post, under direction of the 
proper staff officers and guards, to the rear of their respective armies. 
II... Commanders of armies will aim to keep on hand ten (10) 
days' supply of meat and bread, and as much forage as they can, 
keeping their mules in as good order as possible, looking to the 
probability of a long march. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 8. j In the Field, Eesacca, Ga., May 16, 1864. 

The enemy having retreated south, the following general plan will 
be pursued until he is beyond the Etowah River: — 

I. ..Major General Thomas will pursue, substantially by the line of 
the railroad to Kingston and Etowah bridge, keeping his forces well 
in hand at all times, but using two or three roads when available. 

II. ..Major General McPherson will move substantially by the 
Rome road, keeping up communication with the centre. 

III... Major General Schofield will get over on the old Federal 
road from Spring Place to Cassville, or other road in that neigh- 
borhood. 

I v.. .The repairs of the railroad and telegraph lines must be 
pushed forward with all possible rapidity, but troops must not wait 
for them. 

v.. .Commanders of Armies and the Cavalry divisions will for- 
ward all prisoners of war to Resacca, there to be delivered to 
the Provost Marshal of the Department of the Cumberland and 
sent to the rear. Provost Marshals will be particular in making 
and sending the proper record of prisoners. Deserters and refugees 
from the enemy will be likewise rendezvoused and kept separate 
from prisoners, and disposed of according to known orders. 

VI. ..The Provost Marshal of the Department of the Cumberland 
will make arrangements to receive at Resacca all prisoners collected 
by the above orders and send them to the proper depots of prisoners 
at the north with as much expedition as possible. 

VII. ..The regiments of dismounted Indiana Cavalry, now at the 
Camp of Instruction in Nashville, are hereby assigned to the De- 
partment of the Cumberland, and the Commanding General of that 
Department and army will give all the necessary orders for their 
proper employment. 

VIII... Major General Thomas is charged with the duty of guarding 
all railroads to our rear, including all the country north of the Ten- 
nessee, and the post and bridge at Decatur, Alabama ; and Major 
General McPherson may call forward to his army the effective corps 
and regiments now at and around Huntsville, as soon as he can, 



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leaving only 'small guards, till they are relieved by detachments of 
the array of the Cumberland; and his non-effective force, under 
suitable officers, will be left at any suitable point to the rear, say 
Stevenson or Bridgeport. 

IX. ..Major General McPherson will collect a force of about four 
or five thousand men out of the militia and garrison of Paducah 
and Columbus, Kentucky, and place them at some suitable point 
on the Tennessee River, about Eastport, to serve as a threat to 
North Alabama, and as a support to General Washburn's operations 
in Mississippi. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

\ .MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 9. j In the Fields Kingston, Ga., 

May 20, 1864. 

I. ..Major General Thomas will group his army in and around 
Cassville ; Major General Schofield his at or near Pettit's Creek, or 
along Nancy's Creek; and Major General McPherson his at King- 
ston, and the fords and bridges across the Etowah in that vicinity. 

II. ..Each army commander will use his Cavalry and Staff officers 
freely in the next two days in collecting information, making maps, 
&c., and in preparing for the next grand move, full details of which 
will in due season be made known. 

III. ..The cars now run to our very camps. Each army com- 
mander will send to the rear all wounded and sick, as also all 
worthless men and idlers that have turned up on this march. He 
will then make provision to subsist his command, independent of 
the railroad, for twenty days. 

IV... The whole army must be ready to march by May 23, stripped 
for battle, but equipped and provided for twenty (20) days. At the 
same time the wagon trains should rather be diminished than 
increased, as we can safely rely on getting much meat and forage and 
vegetables in the country to which we propose to go. 



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Y...The rations will be, for troops, one (1) pound of bread, flour or 
meal ; beef on the hoof; two (2) days' allowance of bacon per week, 
and sugar, coffee and salt; four (4) pounds of grain will be allowed 
each animal, and no more. All else must be gathered in the country. 
Brigade Quartermasters and Commissaries will be instructed to forage 
and graze, but indiscriminate plunder must not be allowed. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIYISIGX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 10. j In the Feld, Kingston, G'a., 

May 21, 1864. 

The following telegram is just received, and is published for the 
information of this army : — 

Washington, D. C, 10 p. m., May 20, 1864. 
Major General Sherman: 

Your telegram of this date, reporting your operations, has just reached 
here. 

It is proper to state that the movements of your army since the opening of 
the campaign, the vigor and success of your operations, meet and receive the 
admiration of the President, of this Department, and of all loyal people, and 
are already inspiring the hearts of rebel sympathizers with dismay. For your- 
self, your officers and troops, please accept renewed thanks. 

(Signed) E. M. STANTON. 

Secretary of War. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. n. j In the Field., Kingston, Ga., 

May 22, 1864. 

I. ..General McPherson will cause the 17th Army Corps, Major 
General Blair commanding, to march from Decatur to Rome 
and Kingston, and will garrison Rome with a force of about two 



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thousand (2,000) men, until further orders. General Thomas will 
garrison Kingston with a small force — say one thousand (1,000) 
men — well covered by earthworks or stone buildings. Resacca will 
be held strong, and will be the depot of supplies until further notice. 

Such stores and provisions will be kept forward at Kingston and 
Rome as can be moved by the wagons of the troops present, and no 
more. 

II. ..The several armies will move punctually to-morrow morning 
provided as heretofore ordered, by separate roads, aiming to reach 
the positions hereinafter assigned them, in the course of the third 
day ; and in the meantime each wing communicating freely with the 
centre by cross roads. 

The Army of the Cumberland will move on Dallas by Euharlee 
andStilesboro', the division of GeneralJefF. C. Davis, now at Rome, 
marching direct for Dallas by Van Wert. The Army of the Ohio 
will move for position on the left via Richland Creek and Burnt 
Hickory, or Huntsville. The Army of the Tennessee will move via 
Van Wert to a position on the right at or near the head of Pumpkin 
Vine Creek, south of Dallas. 

III. ..Marietta is the objective point, and the enemy is supposed to 
be in force at Alatoona, but with Cavalry all along the line of the 
Etowah. Henceforth great caution must be exercised to cover and 
protect trains. 

IV. ..Lieutenant Colonel J. Condit Smith, Quartermaster 15th 
Army Corps, will turn over to the Quartermaster of Brigadier 
General Elliot, Chief of Cavalry, Department of the Cumberland, 
one thousand (SI, 000) dollars. Confederate money, taking the usual 
transfer receipt for the same. 

v.. .Lieutenant Colonel 0. G. Bartlett, 150th New York Volun- 
teers, Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty with his regiment in 
the Department and Army of the Cumberland, the consent of the 
commanders thereof being given, and will report to Major General 
J. M. Schofield, commanding Department and Army of the Ohio in 
the field, for assignment. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 12. J In the Field, near Dallas, Ga. , Mai/ 26,1864. 

I. ..To-morrow morning, early, all the batteries of General 
Hooker's, Howard's, and Schofield's Corps, which can be put in 
position, will open on the works of the enemy, and will keep up a 
persistent fire until nine (9) a. m., when they will cease firing unless 
a proper object presents itself. 

II... General Thomas will, at ten (10) a. m., wheel General 
Howard's Corps to the right, advancing the left to the south, on the 
east side of the cleared valley in our front, to the commanding 
promontory which commands the Marietta road. General Cox will 
move the two divisions of the 23d Corps under his command in 
close support of General Howard's left. General Hooker will, if 
possible, carry some one or more points of the enemy's works to 
his immediate front. All the army will be held to follow up the 
advantages gained by this movement. 

III... General McPherson will make a junction with General Davis 
at or near Dallas, and will then move straight toward the enemy at 
New Hope Church, and make connection with General Hooker's 

right. 

IV. ..The General commanding will, during the movement, be at 
or near General Hooker's position, and wishes reports sent promptly 
to him of the fulfillment of the several parts of the plan. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camjj. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 13. j In the Field, near Dallas, Ga. , May 28, 1 864. 

I... General McPherson will occupy the line facing east from Gen- 
eral Hooker's present right, to the creek above the saw-mill, with a 
small division and his supply train at the bridge near Owen's saw- 
mill at Pumpkin Vine Creek, and his Cavalry to his right rear, 
between Owen's saw-mill and Dallas. 



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II... General Thomas will connect with General McPherson and 
form a line facing nearly south, across both branches of Pettit's 
Creek and covering all the roads leading from Dallas to Alatoona 
and Acworth. 

III... General Schofield will move out to the main Acworth road 
and move south to cover General Thomas' left, and if necessary 
will extend his line. General Stoneman's Cavalry will operate to 
the left (east) of General Schofield as near the main Marietta road 
as he can force his way against Cavalry. General Thomas and Gen- 
eral Schofield will keep their supply trains near Pumpkin Vine 
Creek, in the vicinity of Burnt Hickory Crossing. 

IV... Commanders of armies will send Stafi" officers to reconnoitre 
the roads and positions, and be prepared to take new positions as 
soon as General McPherson arrives from Dallas. General Head- 
quarters will be at or near the rear of General Thomas' position 
about Pettit's Creek. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 14. J In the Field, May 30, 1864. 

The movements of the army during May 31st and June 1st will be 
as follows: — 

I. ..May 31st, the lines will remain substantially as now, and a 
general activity will be kept up along the whole front. General 
McPherson will feel for the extreme left of the enemy, (our right.) 

II. ..June 1st, General Jeflf. C. Davis will join his corps. Gen- 
eral McPherson will move and occupy General Hooker's present 
position, and will cover the right flank. General Thomas will hold 
from the Owen's Mill road (General Hooker's present left) around 
to the hill near Picket's Mill, overlooking the Acworth road, near 
Leverett's house; and General Schofield will secure full possession 
of the Acworth road above Leverett's house. 

III. ..General Stoneman's Cavalry will move raidly by any road 
east of the Pumpkin Vine Creek and secure possession of the east 
end of the Alatoona Pass and the bridge across Alatoona Creek. 



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General Garrard's Cavalry will move via Burnt Hickory and Rich- 
land Creek to the west end of Alatoona Pass, and communicate 
with General Stoneman, if possible. Army commanders will make 
the necessary instructions to carry these orders into effect. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- cle- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 15. J In the Field, May 31, 1864. 

In order to secure the rapid and efficient co-working of the Topo- 
graphical Engineer Department of the Army in the field, and to 
avoid making surveys of any road by more than one officer, the fol- 
lowing system will be adopted : — 

I. ..No Topographical Engineer shall be employed as an Aide-de- 
Camp, or in any other duty other than making purely military 
surveys. The selection of camps, location of picket lines and 
repairs of roads, are not to be imposed on them, but on Quarter- 
masters and other Staff officers. 

II... On a march they will survey the route of their commands. 
When the army comes to a permanent or temporary halt, they will 
report in person to the Chief Engineer of their respective Depart- 
ments and make such special field surveys as may be assigned them, 
at all times complying with his orders and instructions. Their 
surveys will then be compiled, and maps will be sent to their chief, 
who will, cause them to be consolidated and issued from time to time 
as the exigencies of the campaign will permit. 

III. ..AH Corps, Division and Brigade Commanders will assist their 
Topographical Engineers to work in harmony, and for the benefit of 
the whole army, and thus secure the data from which to compile, at 
the earliest possible moment, maps which are indispensibly neces- 
sary to military movements, as in this manner only can all General 
officers receive the benefit of all military surveys. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 16. j In ilie Field, near Dallas, June 3, 1864. 

I. ..Recruiting officers will not enlist as soldiers any negroes who 
are profitably employed by any of the Army Departments, and any 
StafiF officer having a negro employed in useful labor on account of 
the Government will refuse to release him from his employment by 
virtue of a supposed enlistment as a soldier. 

II... Commanding officers of military posts will arrest and, if need 
be, imprison any recruiting officer who, to make up companies of 
negro soldiers, interferes with the necessary gangs of hired negroes 
in the employment of the Quartermaster, Commissary or other 
Department of the Government, without the full consent of the 
officers having them in charge. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 17. j In the Field, near Dallas, June 4, 1864. 

The attention of the General commanding has been called to 
certain facts which had already attracted his own attention, and 
concerning which he orders: — 

I. ..In case of skirmish or battle the wounded must be brought off 
the field by musicians or non-combatants, distinguished by a badge 
of white cloth on the left arm. In no case, as long as firing con- 
tinues, should an armed soldier abandon his comrades in battle to 
attend the wounded. See Par. 734, Army Regulations. 

II. ..Hospitals are too far to the rear of their Corps or Divisions ; 
they should be up as close as possible, and covered by the shape of 
the ground and not by distance. The Surgeons in chkrge are respon- 
sible that slight wounds or shirking be not the cause of detaining 
armed men about their hospitals. Each attendant should have at 
all times about his person the written authority which justifies his 
presence at the hospital, or in passing to and from the command to 
which the hospital belongs. 



III. ..Shirking, skulking and straggling in time of danger are such 
high detestable crimes, that the General commanding would hardly 
presume them possible, were it not for his own observation, and the 
report that at this moment soldiers are found loafing in the cabins to 
the rear as far back as Kingston. 

The only proper fate of such miscreants is that they be shot as 
common enemies to their profession and country ; and all officers 
and privates sent to arrest them will shoot them without mercy on 
the slightest impudence or resistance. 

By thus wandering to the rear they desert their fellows who 
expose themselves in battle in the full faith that all on the rolls are 
present, and they subject themselves to capture and exchange as 
good soldiers, to which they have no title. It is hereby made the 
duty of every officer who finds such skulkers to deliver them to any 
Provost Guard, regardless of corps, to be employed in menial or 
hard work, such as repairing roads, digging drains, sinks, &c., &c. 
Officers, if found skulking, will be subject to the same penalties as 
enlisted men, viz : instant death or the hardest labor and treatment. 
Absentees not accounted for should always be mustered as "desert- 
ers," to deprive them of their pay and bounties reserved for honest 
soldiers. 

IV. ..AH will be styled skulkers who are found to the rear, absent 
from their proper commands without written authority from their 
proper commanders. Captains cannot give orders or passes beyond 
their regimental limits, Colonels beyond brigade limits, Brigadiers 
beyond division limits, &c., &c. The Commanding Generals of 
the three (3) Departments alone can order officers or detachments 
with or without wagons back to Kingston, or other general depots. 

v.. .If unarmed soldiers are found on horses or mules at a distance 
from their proper commands or trains, any Cavalry escort or patrol 
will make prisoners of the men and appropriate the horses and 
mules to the use of the Cavalry. Orderlies to General officers on 
duty will be easily recognized by bearing official orders or receipts 
for the same, but each General officer should provide his orderlies 
with an official detail, to be carried with him. 

Horses or mules sent for forage or to graze should be sent by 
detachments, with arms and military organization, when they will 
always be respected. 



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VI. ..Brigade and regimental commanders are the proper officers 
to keep their officers and men at their places. The Commanding 
General will, by his Inspectors and in person, give the matter a full 
attention, and when the time comes for reports on which to base 
claims for rewards and promotion, no officer having a loose, strag- 
gling command need expect any favor. 

VII. ..The Commanding Generals of the three armies will make 
this order i^ublic, and at once organize guards and patrols to carry 
it into full effect. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 18. ) In the Field, on Little Alatoona Creek. 

June 4, 1864. 

I. ..To-morrow, June 5th, unless the enemy display more force 
and activity than now. Major General McPherson will send his 
wagons to Burnt Church, on the Alatoona road, by a road to the rear 
of Major General Thomas' road, and move with his command by 
both roads, to a point north of and near Burnt Church, ready the 
next day to move to Acworth, leaving his wagons behind Alatoona 
Creek. 

II. ..Major General Thomas will refuse his right behind the creek 
on which Brown's Mill is located, and will prepare to move across 
Alatoona Creek to a point of the railroad in front of Acworth, say 
Big Shanty. 

III... Major General Schofield will strengthen his position, and so 
dispose of his wagons as to follow Major General Thomas, and with 
his troops cover his movements and occupy the point on Alatoona 
Creek north and east of his present position. 

IV... Alatoona will be the point of supply as soon as the railroad 
bridge can be completed, and in the meantime all trains and detach- 
ments at Kingston or Burnt Hickory will be directed to Alatoona, 
to which end Major General Thomas will send his pontoons there, 
to be laid down until the pier and railroad bridge can be rebuilt. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



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Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 20. J In the Field, Acworth, June 6, 1864. 

Major General Blair's command is at Kingston, and a good pon- 
toon bridge is laid over Etowah river at the railroad crossing. The 
General Commanding believes the enemy has gone across Chatta- 
hoochee River, though all must be prepared for battle at or near 
Kenesaw Mountain. The following dispositions will be completed 
and the army ready to move, on lines to be hereafter designated, by 
Thursday morning, June 9, 1864, at 6 a. m. 

I... Major General Thomas will continue to provide a garrison at 
Kingston, which, however, will cease to be a depot, but all stores 
will hereafter be kept as near Alatoona as possible until the railroad 
bridge is done, when Alatoona will be the main depot, Resacca 
being discontinued. The two road bridges across the Etowah, near 
Kingston, will be stripped of their planking, and be guarded by 
Cavalry. The fords of the Etowah will also be patrolled by Cavalry, 
and Major General Thomas will keep a small Cavalry force at some 
convenient point to patrol the country south of the Etowah. 

II... Major General McPherson will cause one (1) regiment to 
guard the railroad bridge now under construction near Alatoona, 
and the balance of a brigade to hold the mountain pass of Alatoona. 
Two or more good strong earth redoubts will be located at the 
eastern extremity of this pass, and must be constructed by the 
troops, but the commanding officers at Kingston, at the railroad 
bridge and at Alatoona, will arrest and put to work on these redoubts 
all soldiers loafing about pretending to seek their regiments, and all 
skulkers ormen sent by Corps Commanders or Provost Marshals to 
work as a penalty. Captain Poe, Chief Engineer, will lay out the 
traces of these works, and give instructions as to details. 

III... On Thursday morning at daylight. Major General Stoneman 
will be on the right, reporting with all his effective Cavalry to Gene- 
ral Schofield, and General Garrard will be on the left, reporting 
with all his effective force to Major General McPherson. The 
utmost care must be taken to graze all horses and mules at every 
chance. The growing wheat, oats and rye, if used in moderation 
and frequently, will not injure a mule or horse. 



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IV. ..The whole army must be ready to move at daylight, Thursday, 
supplied for ten ( 10) days. All empty and sui'plus wagons to be sent 
back to the neighborhood of Cartersville and Etowah bridge. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVlSION^ OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 2i. J In the Field, Acworth, Ga., June 9, 18G4. 

The armies will move forward to-morrow morning. 

I. ..Major General Thomas, the centre, on the Burnt Hickory and 
the Marietta road, and such other roads as he may choose between 
it and the Acworth and Marietta road, aiming to strike the northern 
end of Kenesaw Mountain. 

II. ..Major General McPherson will move by the Acworth and 
Marietta road, with a column following the railroad and his Cavalry 
well to the left after passing Big Shanty. 

III... Major General Schofield will cover his wagons well about 
Mount Olive Church, and feel well with Cavalry and skirmishers 
down the road past Hard Shell Church, to ascertain the enemy's 
strength about Lost Mountain and the ridge connecting it with 
Kenesaw Mountain; He will not pass the position about Hard 
Shell Church in force until he is certain Major General Thomas has 
reached some point on Kenesaw. 

IV. ..The object will be to develope the enemy's position and 
strength, and to draw Artillery fire from his entrenched works. This 
army will operate by heads of columns instead of deployed lines of 
battle, each column covering its head and flanks with good advance 
of banking skirmishers, and be prepared to deploy promptly accord- 
ing to danger. Entrenched positions will not be attacked without 
orders. Each head of column will have a good battery of heavy 
rifled Artillery, and should use it freely against rail and log barri- 
cades, and also to indicate the positions of heads of columns. The 
flank columns will conform their motions to that of the centre. 
Either column reaching a good military position should entrench it 
by leaving a brigade, but should not delay its advance. 



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V... Major General Stoneman's Cavalry will cover the right and 
Brigadier General Garrard's the left flanks. Brigadier General 
McCook's Cavalry should be kept to the rear, or to keep up com- 
munications. 

VI. ..The movement will begin at six (6) o'clock a. m., and con- 
tinue until some one of the columns reaches Kenesaw Mountain or 
until the centre is checked. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Aid^e-de-Camp. 

Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 22. j In the Field, Big Shanty, Ga., 

June 10, 1864. 

I. ..The country from Bridgeport to Alatoona, including Cleveland, 
Rome, and the country east as far as controlled by our troops, will 
be styled the "District of the Etowah," and will be under the 
general supervision and command of Major General Steadman, or 
the senior officer who may succeed to the command. 

II. ..The officer commanding the District will frequently, in person 
or by an Inspector General, visit all parts of his District, and be 
held responsible that telegraph and railroad communications are 
kept up and made secure to the army in front. To this end, besides 
arranging the garrisons at the different points, he will have a force in 
reserve ready to repair to any threatened point. 

III. ..The several commands and detachments now garrisoning the 
District will continue to belong to the armies from which they were 
detached, and will make their returns accordingly, but the com- 
manding officer of the District may call for such field reports as may 
be necessary for him to understand the strength and condition of 
the command. The strength of the detachments will not be dimin- 
ished without the consent of the District Commander, or an order 
from these Headquarters. 

IV. ..Should a necessity arise to insure the safety of our commu- 
nications, the Commander of the District may detain for a few days 
troops in transitu, reporting promptly to these Headquarters the 
facts and reasons therefor. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 23. J In the Field, June 11, 1864. 

The gunboats constructed by the Quartermaster's Department, in 
the Tennessee River, above Muscle Shoals, having been turned over 
to the Navy Department for better service and discipline, will never- 
theless be supplied by the army Quartermasters and Commissaries 
of all military posts and stations as though still belonging to the 
army, and when the commander of any of the gunboats needs 
assistance of any kind, or detachments of soldiers to aid him in any 
enterprise, the commanding officer of any military post on or near 
the Tennessee River will furnish the details if it be possible. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 24. J In the Field, Big Shanty, June 12, 1864. 

I... During the temporary stay of the army at or near its present 
locality, the Army of the Tennessee will draw their supplies from 
the Big Shanty depot, the Army of the Cumberland from Acworth, 
and the Army of the Ohio from Alatoona. 

II. ..The ration prescribed for men and horses in Special Field 
Order No. 9 was designed for troops operating at a distance from 
railroad with the use of wagons or pack animals only. When the 
army is on a railroad or near it the Chief Commissary and Quarter- 
master may increase the allowance according to the capacity of the 
railroad for supply. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 25. J In the Field, Big Shanty, June 14, 1864. 

The movement to-morrow will be as follows: — 

I... During the early part of the day the batteries in position will 
maintain a pretty brisk fire on the enemy's camps or groups of men 
and horses, especially at the north base of Kenesaw, at Pine Hill, 



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and on Schofield's right. The Cavalry of General McPherson will 
be active on our extreme left, and if possible effect a lodgment on 
the ridge between Brushy and Kenesaw Mountains. The Cavalry 
of Generals Thomas and Schofield will be active on our extreme 
right towards and beyond Lost Mountain. General Stoneman will, 
if possible, about noon, effect a lodgment on the Lost Mountain. 

II. ..About noon, General McPherson will, with Infantry and 
Artillery, make a demonstration from his left flank towards the 
enemy's right, but will not assault his works: and General Schofield 
will make a similar strong demonstration at a point in front of Gen- 
eral Cox's Division, south of Pine Hill. Either of these may be 
converted into a real movement if the army commander can make 
a lodgment on any commanding ground to his present front. 

III. ..About 2 p. M., General Thomas will move a strong, well 
appointed column of attack, and break the enemy's centre at a point 
east of Pine Hill and west of Kenesaw, where, in his judgment, the 
chances of success are best — the object being to make a lodgment 
on the ridge commanding those hills from which the waters flow 
towards the Chattahoochee. All should be prepared to follow up 
the advantages, if gained, and the enemy show disorder. Time is 
important to us, and we must make the best of it. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVLSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 15. j Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 1864. 

During the period of active operations at the front, and until 
further orders, no cotton or other product of the country south of 
Nashville, Tennessee, will be permitted to come to this point by 
railroad. 

Owners or producers desiring to bring their products north must 
do so by private conveyance, as the interests of the service will not 
admit of the railroads being used for any but purely military pur- 
poses. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



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Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 26. j In the Field, Big Shanty, June 18, 1864. 

I. ..The 99th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry is hereby trans- 
ferred from the Department and Army of the Cumberland to the 
Department and Army of the Ohio, and the commanding officer 
will report to Major General J. M. Schofield for orders. 

II. ..The 45th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry is hereby trans- 
ferred from the Department and Army of the Ohio to the Depart- 
ment and Army of the Cumberland, and the commanding officer 
will report to Major General G. H. Thomas for orders. 
By order of Major General W, T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Aide-de-\ 



Special Field Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 27. I In the Field, June 20, 1864. 

I... General McPherson will call forward from Huntsville the 
Division of John E. Smith to report to General Steadman, and to 
be posted at Kingston and along the railroad. He will also dispatch 
the 1st Alabama Cavalry to Rome to scout across towai-d Gunter- 
ville and Gadsden, subject to the orders of the Post and District 
Commanders. 

II... General Thomas will furnish General Steadman a detail of 
one thousand (1,000) men to be organized as train guard, and as soon 
as General John E. Smith reaches Kingston he may relieve the 
detachments now there. 

III... There is abundance of fine forage and grass in the valleys 
of the Etowah and Oostanaula, and any commanders will collect all 
the stock horses, mules, &c., that are useless to this army and a tax 
on its forage, and send them to one or other of the detachments 
guarding the railroad. No forage should be issued to horses at the 
front, unless they are good Artillery and Cavalry horses, or the 
horses of officers whose duties require them to be mounted. The 
special attention of Quartermasters and Inspectors General is called 
to this subject. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 28. j In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, 

June 24, 1864. 



The army commanders will make full reconnoissances and prepa- 
rations to attack the enemy in force on the 27th instant at eight (8) 
o'clock A. M. precisely. The Commanding General will be on 
" Signal Hill," and will have telegraphic communication with all 
the array commanders. 

I. ..Major General Thomas will assault the enemy at any point 
near his centre, to be selected by himself, and will make any changes 
in his troops necessary by night so as not to attract the attention of 
the enemy. 

II. ..Major General McPherson will feign by a movement of his 
Cavalry and one (1) division of Infantry on his extreme left, 
approaching Marietta from the north, and using Artillery freely ; 
but will make his real attack at a point south and west of Kenesaw. 

III... Major General Schofield will feel well to his extreme right, 
and threaten that flank of the enemy with Artillery and display, but 
attack some one point of the enemy's line as near the Marietta and 
Powder Spring road as he can with prospect of success. 

IV. ..All commanders will maintain reserve and secrecy, even 
from their Staff officers, but make all the proper preparations and 
reconnoissances. When troops are to be shifted to accomplish this 
attack, the movements will be made at night. At the time of the 
general attack, the skirmishers at the base of Kenesaw will take 
the advantage of it to gain, if possible, the summit and hold it. 

v.. .Each attacking column will endeavor to break a single point 
of the enemy's line, and make a secure lodgment beyond, and be 
prepared for following it up toward Marietta and the railroad in case 
of success. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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General Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 19. J Nashville, Teiin., June 25, 1864. 

To insure harmony and uniformity of action on the railroads 
operating within the lines of this command, it is hereby ordered, 
that hereafter and until further orders, all military conductors on 
railroads in operation within this Military Division will report to 
and receive instructions from Captain S. A. Stockdale, Assistant 
Provost Marshal General, at these Headquarters. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 29. J In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, 

June 26, 1864. 

I. ..The question of supplies to an army of this size is one of the 
greatest possible importance, and calls for a most rigid economy. 
By comparing issues by the Commissary Department and the 
reports by army commanders of "effective strength for duty," 
which embraces officers as well as men, it is found a quantity of 
provisions is issued daily equal to from fifty to seventy-five per cent, 
over the "effective strength." This proportion is entirely too 
large in our present situation, and either the quantity must be 
reduced or the number of non-effectives be brought within reasona- 
ble limits by sending servants and others to the rear. Twenty-five 
per cent, is deemed a large and reasonable limit, and the Chief 
Commissary in the field, as well as of all the garrisons and detach- 
ments dependent on the railroad south of Nashville, will see that 
issues are limited to that figure. The Chief Commissaries will be 
furnished with field reports from superior headquarters, and will 
call the attention of the proper commanding officers when requisi- 
tions exceed the number of men and officers for duty, with twenty- 
five per cent, added. 

n...When, from interruption to railroads or any other cause, 
supplies cannot be had equal to this standard, the Commissaries will 
make issues as near as possible, for each ten days in advance, and 
must scale their issues, so that all parts of the army receive a fair 



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proportion of each article. When deficiencies occur in the bread or 
small rations, the Commissary may increase the allowance of fresh 
beef, if on hand ; and the Commanding General will approve the 
abstract of issues made in compliance with this order of substitution. 
III. ..The efi'ective strength of a brigade, division, corps, or army, 
will be construed to mean : officers and men present for duty, sick 
in quarters, extra duty men that are armed, and " in arrest or con- 
finement." Sick in hospital, unless there be a prospect of early 
recovery, should be sent to a post in the rear. 

IV... Unarmed cooks, teamsters, pioneers and laborers are the 
only proper non-effectives with the army. All other persons 
dependent on our supplies are useless mouths which we cannot 
afford to feed, and should be sent north of Nashville. Twenty-five 
per cent, is the maximum allowance of this class of non-effective 
but useful laborers, specified, and even these should be armed; the 
teamsters, especially, should have muskets in strong loops to their 
wagons, within easy reach ; and cooks, also, might be armed. All 
details for actual duty will be made on this basis of " effective 
strength," and if, on inspection, any commanding officer reports an 
" effective strength " greater than he can immediately parade for 
battle, his report, return or requisition for stores will be deemed a 
false report under the Articles of War. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders \ HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 31. ) In the Field, near Kenesaw Mountain, 

July 1, 1864. 

The object of the contemplated movement is to deprive the enemy 
of the great advantage he has in Kenesaw, as a watch tOAver from 
which to observe our every movement ; to force him to come out of 
his entrenchments or move farther south. To attain which end — 

I... All army commanders will fill up their wagons at Big Shanty 
depot to the utmost with provisions, ammunition and forage. The 
Chief Quartermaster and Commissary will give all necessary orders 



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to clean out the depots in front of Alatoona, and so instruct that 
the locomotives and cars will come forward of Alatoona with great 
caution, and only when ordered by the Chief Quartermaster. 

II. ..Major General Thomas will hold the ground below Kenesaw 
as far as Olley's Creek, near Mount Zion ; Major General Schofield 
that from Olley's Creek to the Nickajack, and General McPherson 
will move his train and troops rapidly in a single march, and as 
little observed from Kenesaw as possible, to the Sandtown road and 
down it to the extreme right, with one corps near the Widow 
Mitchell's, another near Ruff's Mill, on the Nickajack, and the third 
in reserve near the forks of the road. 

III... General Garrard's Cavalry will cover the roads out of Mari- 
etta which pass north of Kenesaw, and General Stoneman's Cavalry 
will occupy Sweetwater Old Town coincident with the movement of 
McPherson. General McCook will receive orders from General 
Thomas. In case the enemy presses Garrard back by superior and 
overwhelming forces, he will send one of his brigades to the flank 
of General Thomas, and with the others fall back gradually towards 
Alatoona, disputing every foot of ground. 

IV... Major General McPherson will threaten the Chattahoochee 
river, and also the railroad, and General Thomas will press the 
enemy close, and, at the very earliest possible moment, break his 
lines and reach the railroad below Marietta. All movements must 
be vigorous and rapid, as the time allowed is limited by the supplies 
in our wagons. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 32. J In the Field, near Chattahoochee Eicer, 

July 10, 1804. 

I. ..The division of General John E. Smith will occupy the Ala- 
toona Pass with a detachment at Kingston and Cartersville, and the 
brigade now at the Alatoona Pass will occupy Kenesaw Mountain 
and Big Shanty. The District of the Etowah will be extended to 
embrace the Kenesaw Mountain. 



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II. ..Each of the three armies will have one regiment at Marietta, 
of the average strength of 330 men, for fatigue duty to unload cars, 
the commanding officers to report for orders to the Chief Commis- 
sary, Colonel Beckwith. Marietta will be the grand depot, but the 
Chief Quartermaster may arrange to deliver stores in bulk at Ruff's 
or Vining's stations, according to the. facilities of the railroad, 

III... Commissaries and Quartermasters must keep ten days' sup- 
plies on hand at all times, without special orders to that effect, and 
the army must be ready for quick, prompt movement, as our future 
plans depend on the enemy. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 34. J In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, 

Jidy 12, 1864. 

I. ..The 5th Regiment Iowa Infantry is hereby transferred from the 
Department of the Tennessee to the Department of the Cumberland, 
and the commanding officer will report to Major General George H. 
Thomas for instructions. 

II... Captain W. H. Northcutt, 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, 
is hereby relieved from duty as military conductor on the Louisville 
and Nashville railroad, and will, without delay, report in person to 
the commanding officer of his regiment in the field. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 35. J In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, 

July 14, 1864. 

Preliminary steps having already begun, the following general 
plan will be observed and adhered to : — 

I. ..Major General Thomas will prepare to cross his army at 
Powers' and Paice's Ferries, and take position out from the Chatta- 
hoochee River until he controls the country from Island Creek to 



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Kyle's bridge, over Nancy's Creek, but will not move the whole of 
General Palmer's and General Hooker's Corps across until he hears 
that General Stoneman is back from his present expedition. He 
will endeavor to provide General Stoneman enough pontoon boats, 
balks and chesses, to make one bridge. He will dispose of General 
McCook's Cavalry, and detachments of his own Infantry, to watch 
the Chattahoochee about the old railroad crossing. 

n...As soon as General Stoneman returns he will dispose his 
Cavalry to watch the Chattahoochee at Turner's Ferry and about 
the mouth of Nickajack, connecting by patrols with General 
McCook, and will, if possible, procure enough pontoons to make a 
bridge, ready on the first chance to cross the river about Howell's 
or Sandtown, and break the Atlanta and West Point railroad and 
telegraph. 

ni... Major General Schofield, after having well secured his cross- 
ing place at Phillips', will move out toward Cross Keys until he 
controls the ridge between Island and Nancy's Creeks and the road 
represented as leading from Roswell to Buckhead. 

IV. ..Major General Blair will, immediately on the return of Major 
General Stoneman, move rapidly to Roswell and join his army. 
Major General McPherson will then move his command out either 
by the Cross Keys road or the old Hightower trail, until he is abreast 
of Major General Schofield ; and General Garrard, with his Cavalry, 
will scout from McAfee's bridge toward Pinkneyville, and if no 
enemy is there in force will picket McAfee's bridge and take post 
on General McPherson' s left, about Buchannon's. 

v.. .The whole army will thus form a concave line behind Nancy's 
Creek, extending from Kyle's bridge to Buchannon's, but no attempt 
will be made to form a line of battle. Each army will form an unit 
and. connect with its neighbor by a line of pickets. Should the 
enemy assume the offensive at any point, which is not expected 
until we reach below Peach Tree Creek, the neighboring army will 
at once assist the one attacked. All preliminary steps may at once 
be made, but no corps need move to any great distance from the 
river until advised that General Stoneman is back. 

VI... Major General Thomas will study well the country towards 
Decatur,ma Buckhead ; Major General Schofield to a point of the 
railroad four (4) miles northeast of Decatur, and Major General 



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McPherson and General Garrard that towards Stone Mountain. 
Each army should leave behind the Chattahoochee River, at its 
bridge, or at Marietta, all wagons or encumbrances not absolutely 
needed for battle. A week's work, after crossing the Chattahoochee, 
should determine the first object aimed at, viz : the possession of 
the Atlanta and Augusta road, east of Decatur, or of Atlanta itself. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 20. J Nashville, Tenn., Juhj 13, 1864. 

I. ..The grain and hay raised in the State of Tennessee being 
required for the use of the army, its exportation from the State is 
positively prohibited. 

II. ..The Quartermaster's Department will purchase the grain and 
hay required for consumption by the army. 

By order of Major General \V. T. Sherman : 

R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 36. J Inthe Field, Chattahoochee July 11, \SM. 

The operations of the army for to-morrow, the 18th July, will be 
as follows : — 

I. ..Major General Thomas will move forward, occupy Buckhead 
and the ridge between Nancy's Creek and Peach Tree, also all the 
roads toward Atlanta as far as Peach Tree Creek. 

II. ..Major General Schofield will pass through Cross Keys, and 
occupy the Peach Tree road where intersected by the road from 
Cross Keys to Decatur. 

III... Major General McPherson will move toward Stone Mountain 
to secure strong ground within four (4) miles of General Schofield' s 
position, and push Brigadier General Garrard's Cavalry to the rail- 



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road, and destroy some section of the road, and then resume posi- 
tion to the front and left of General McPherson. 

iy...All armies will communicate with their neighbors. The 
General-in-Chief will be near General Thomas' left or near General 
Schofield. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Memoranda to S. F. 0. No. 36. 

Jidy 17, 1864. 

The map composed of two parts of the official compilation made 
at Marietta, July 5th and 11th, 1864, is the best, and will be the 
standard for orders issued from these Headquarters. As a general 
rule, old roads will be found to lead to Decatur, but new roads to 
Atlanta. The general country is very hilly and stony, but improves 
south and east as we approach the head of the Ochmulgee. Peach 
Tree Creek is considerable of a stream, but fordable at all points 
east of the main road from Buckhead to Atlanta. The first real 
lines to be found will be on the old Peach Tree road, which starts 
at Turner's Ferry, keeps near the Chattahoochee, crosses Peach Tree 
at Moore's Mill and on a main ridge by Buckhead, Buchanon's and 
Pinkneyville. Our first line must be in front of this road, leaving 
it clear for communication. General Thomas the right. General 
Schofield the centre, and General McPherson the left. General 
Thomas will move substantially on Atlanta, General Schofield on 
Decatur, and General McPherson, with General Garrard's Cavalry, 
is charged with the destruction of the railroad between Decatur and 
Stone Mountain. As soon as the road is broken, all the armies will 
close on General Thomas, occupying the main roads east of Atlanta, 
or, in other words, the line swung across the railroad near Decatur. 
General Thomas will press close on Atlanta, will not assault real 
works, but not be deterred by Cavalry or light defenses. General 
Schofield will threaten the neighborhood of Decatur, but Generals 
McPherson and Garrard will risk much and break the railroad 
during the 18th or 19th. 

(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General, Commanding. 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 37. j In the Field, near Cross Keys, 

July 18, 1864. 

The movements of the array to-morrow, July 19th, will be as 
follows : — 

I.. .Major General Thomas will press down from the north on 
Atlanta, holding in strength the line of Peach Tree, but crossing 
and threatening the enemy at all accessible points to hold him there, 
and also taking advantage of any ground gained, especially on the 
extreme right. 

II. ..Major General Schofield will move direct on Decatur and 
gain a footing on the railroad, holding it, breaking the road and 
telegraph wire. 

III... Major General McPherson will move along the railroad 
toward Decatur, and break the telegraph wires and the railroad. 
In case of the sounds of serious battle, he will close in on Gen- 
eral Schofield, but otherwise will keep every man of his command 
at work in destroying the railroad, by tearing up track, burning the 
ties and iron, and twisting the bars when hot. Officers should be 
instructed that bars simply bent may be used again, but if, when 
red hot, they are twisted out of line, they cannot be used again. 
Pile the ties into shape for a bonfire, put the rails across, and when 
red hot in the middle, let a man at each end twist the bar so that its 
surface become spiral. General McPherson will dispatch General 
Garrard's Cavalry eastward along the line of the railroad to con- 
tinue the destruction as far as deemed prudent. 

IV. ..All the troops should be in motion at five (5) o'clock a. m., 
and should not lose a moment's time until night, when the lines 
should be closed on General Schofield about Peavine and Decatur. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 39. J In the Field, near Decatur, Ga., 

July 19, 1864. 

The whole army will move on Atlanta by the most direct roads 
to-morrow, July 20th, beginning at five (5) o'clock a. m., as 
follows: — 

I... Major General Thomas from the direction of Buckhead, his 
left to connect with General Schofield's right about two (2) miles 
northeast of Atlanta about lot 15, near the houses marked as Howard 
and Colonel Hooker. 

II... Major General Schofield by the road leading from Doctor 
Powell's to Atlanta. 

III... Major General McPherson will follow one or more roads 
direct from Decatur to Atlanta, following substantially the railroad. 

Each army commander will accept battle on anything like fair 
terms, but if the army reach within cannon range of the city without 
receiving Artillery or musketry fire, he will halt, form a strong line, 
with batteries in position, and await orders. If fired on from the 
forts or buildings of Atlanta, no consideration will be paid to the 
fact that they are occupied by families, but the place must be cannon- 
aded without the formality of a demand. 

The General-in-Chief will be with the centre of the army, viz: 
with or near General Schofield. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

j- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 40. j In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., 

July 21, 1864. 

The operations of the army to-morrow, July 22d, will be as fol- 
lows: — 

I. ..Major Generals McPherson, Schofield and Howard will open 
a careful Artillery fire on the town of Atlanta, directing their shots 
so as to produce the best efiect ; and each commander will endeavor 
to advance his line, if it can be done without a direct assault on the 
enemy's parapets held in force. They will keep their men well in 
hand to repel assault, or to follow to the enemy's main line of 
entrenchments. 



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II... Major General Thomas will put the whole or a part of Gen- 
eral McCook's Cavalry to watch the peninsula between Peach Tree 
Creek and the Chattahoochee, and will press his lines forward close 
upon the enemy, endeavoring to advance his right so as to extend 
across the railroad and main road from Marietta. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 41. J III the Field, near Atlanta., Ga., 

July 22, 1864. 

The enemy having to-day withdrawn into his entrenchments at 
Atlanta, and having assaulted our left, the following general plan 
will be observed for to-morrow, July 2od, 1864: — 

All the armies will entrench a strong front on their present lines, 
and will hold in reserve as much Infantry as possible for offensive 
operations. Good batteries will be constructed for the Artillery, 
and a steady fire kept up on the City of Atlanta. 

II. ..The trains will be kept behind the main centre, Major General 
Howard's Corps, or close up to their own reserves, and in the event 
of the enemy assaulting at any point, all others should assault the 
enemy to their immediate front. By carrying any one point of the 
enemy's present line, his whole position becomes untenable. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 21. j Nashville, Tenn., Juli/ 2o, 18U. 

I... General Orders No. 20, current series, from these Headquar- 
ters, is extended to include the prohibition of the exportation from 
this State of any agricultural produce of the kinds required for the 
army. 

II. ..The use of grain for distillation within this State is prohibited. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 42. ) In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., 

July 25, 1864. 

I. ..The several armies and bodies of Cavalry will watch the eneuiy 
closely to their respective fronts, and in case the enemy retreats 
towards the southeast, General Schofield will follow directly through 
Atlanta, General Thomas by roads on his right, and (leneral Logan 
on his left. Generals Stoneman's and Garrard's Cavalry will move 
by a circle to the left towards McDonough, break the railroad and 
strike the enemy in front or flank; and General McCook's and 
Colonel Harrison's Cavalry will move rapidly on Fayetteville and 
the railroad beyond, breaking it, if possible, in advance of the 
enemy, and striking the enemy in flank. 

II. ..Should the enemy remain, as now, on the defensive, inside of 
the fortifications of i\tlanta, the Macon road must be attacked by 
Cavalry beyond Fayetteville and McDonough, and the Infantry must 
cover the line from the Howard House, General Schofield" s present 
centre, to General Davis' position on the right, and the line extended 
east and south so as to reach or threaten the railroad towards East 
Point. To this end Generals Stoneman and Garrard will call in all 
detachments and send to-morrow to Roswell, or in rear of the 
Infantry, all crippled stock and encumbrances, prepared to move at 
daylight the next morning by a circuit to the left, so as to reach the 
railroad below McDonough. 

General Stoneman will command this Cavalry force, but will spare 
General Garrard's fatigued horses as much as possible, using that 
command as a reserve, and his own as the force with which to reach 
and break the railroad. In like manner General McCook will com- 
mand the joint Cavalry command, his own, and of Colonel Harri- 
son's, but will use Colonel Harrison's fatigued command as a 
reserve, and his own to reach the road and break it. 

The railroad, when reached, must be substantially destroyed for a 
space of from two to five miles ; telegraph wires pulled down, as far 
as possible, and hid in water or carried away. 

III... Major General Schofield will prepare to draw back his left 
division to the old rebel line, extending back from the Howard House 
towards the road by which General Stanley advanced, and be pre- 
pared, on the withdrawal of the Army of the Tennessee, to hold that 
line as the left flank of the Grand Army. 



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IV... Major General Logan will to-morrow send all his trains and 
sick and impediments to the rear of General Thomas, to any point 
near the mouth of Peach Tree Creek, and daring the early morning, 
by moonlight, of the next day, viz: Wednesday, July 27th, with- 
draw his army, corps by corps, and move it to the right, forming on 
General Palmer, and advancing the right as much as possible. 

v.. .Major General Thomas having strongly fortified his front, will 
hold it by an adequate force and hold the reserves at points most 
convenient to move to the right, from which point he will strike and 
destroy the railroad, or so occupy the attention of the enemy that 
the Cavalry may do its work completely and eflfectually. 

VI. ..The Cavalry will, unless otherwise ordered, move out at day- 
light of Wednesday, 27th inst. , and aim to reach and break the 
railroad during the day or night of the 28th, and having accomplished 
this work will return to their proper flanks of the army, unless the 
enemy should be discovered in retreat, when each force described will 
hang on the flanks of the retreating enemy and obstruct his retreat 
by all the energy in their power. 

VII. ..All commanders will arrange that their trains be moved 
behind the Chattahoochee, or behind the centre of the army during 
the time the Cavalry is absent in the execution of this duty. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 43. J In the Field, near Atlanta., Ga., 

July 2%, 1864. 

I. ..Upon the application of Major General John A. Logan, com- 
manding the Army of the Tennessee in the field. Brigadier General 
J. M, Corse, Acting Inspector General of this army, is hereby 
relieved, and assigned to duty with the Army and Department of 
the Tennessee, and will report in person to General Logan, that he 
may be assigned to duty according to his rank with troops. 

IL..The General commanding in thus relieving General Corse 
from a purely Staff position to enable him to accept the higher and 
more appropriate one in connection with troops in actual service, 
thanks him for the personal and official services rendered during the 
present campaign near his person. 



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III... Captain E. D, Denig, Assistant Adjutant General, Volun- 
teers, is hereby transferred from the Department and Army of the 
Ohio to the Department and Army of the Cumberland, and will 
report without delay to Major General George H. Thomas, in the 
field. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 44. J In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga. , 

July 26, 1864. 

I... By* direction of the President of the United States, Major 
General 0. 0. Howard, United States Volunteers, is assigned to 
command the Department and Army of the Tennessee. He will at 
once assume command of the Army of the Tennessee in the field. 
II. ..Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the Depart- 
ment and Army of the Cumberland, will relieve General Howard 
of the command of the Fourth Army Corps, that he may enter upon 
his new command, and will assign a General to command the Fourth 
Corps until the orders of the President are received. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Ca7np. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 46. ) In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., 

Juhj 30, 1864. 

I. ..In pursuance of notification from the Inspector General's 
Department at Washington, D. C, it is hereby announced that the 
President of the United States has this day appointed the following 
officers, viz : — 

Colonel William Grose, 36th Indiana Volunteers, 
Colonel Charles C. Walcutt, 46th Ohio Volunteers, 
Colonel James P. Reilly, 104th Ohio Volunteers, 
Colonel Luther P. Bradley, 51st Illinois Volunteers, 
Colonel John W. Sprague, 63d Ohio Volunteers, 
Colonel James A. Cooper, 6th Tennessee Volunteers, 



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Colonel John T. Croxton, 4th Kentucky Volunteers, 
Colonel William W. Belknap, 15th Iowa Volunteers, 

as Brigadier Generals of Volunteers. 

II. ..The several Department and army commanders with whom 

these officers are serving will at once assign them to duty according 

to their rank with troops. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 48. j In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., 

August 1, 1864. 

I... During the next series of operations, General Thomas will be 
the left, General Howard centre, and General Schofield the right 
army. The two divisions of Generals Davis and Ward will con- 
tinue to be held in reserve toward the right, and in case the enemy 
attack that flank these divisions will report to, and during the action 
obey, General Schofield' s orders. When not engaged. General 
Thomas will post them so as to cover his communications from 
danger coming from the southeast. 

II. ..Brigadier General Garrard's Cavalry will relieve General 
Schofield on the left and occupy in part his trenches, patrol the 
roads about Decatur, and picket toward Roswell. He will report 
to General Thomas, and be prepared to sally out as Cavalry, from 
his trenches, in case of necessity. 

III. ..All trains of wagons going to and from the depots of 
Vining's and Marietta will follow roads converging at the railroad 
bridge, and never go north of Buckhead or south of Turner's. 

IV... General Thomas will cause a new Infantry flank to be pre- 
pared on his left, north of the Buckhead road, connecting General 
Stanley's front lines with the old rebel parapet near Peach Tree 
Creek. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman 

I 
Aide- de- Camp. 



L. M. DAYTON, 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 49. j In the Field, near Atlanta, 

August 2, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General T. E. G. Ransom, United States Volunteers, 
having, in pursuance of Special Orders No. 34, Par. 4, dated Head- 
quarters Armies of the United States, June 12, 1864, reported for 
duty, is hereby assigned to duty with the Department and Army of 
the Tennessee, and will report in person to Major General 0. 0. 
Howard, commanding. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 50. J In the Field, near Atlanta Ga., 

August 3, 1864. 

I. ..The 1st Regiment of Missouri Engineers and Mechanics is 
hereby transferred from the Department of the Cumberland to the 
Department of the Tennessee, and will proceed with all dispatch to 
join the army in the field, reporting to Major General 0. 0. Howard, 
commanding. 

II. ..The Quartermaster's Department at Nashville will furnish 
transportation by cars for the men and tools. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V military division of THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 51. J In the Field, near Atlanta, Ga., 

August 4, 1864. 



The order of movement of the army to-day will be as follows : — 

I. ..Major General Schofield, with his own command and General 

Palmer's Corps, will move directly on the railroad which leads south 

out of Atlanta, at any point between Whitehall and East Point, and 



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will not stop until he has absolute control of that railroad ; but must 
not extend more to the right than is absolutely necessary to that 
end. 

II. ..Major Generals Thomas and Howard will press close on the 
enemy at all points, and reinforce well the points of the line where 
the enemy is most likely to sally, viz: on the Decatur, Buckhead, 
and Turner's Ferry roads, but more especially watch the outlet along 
the railroad, viz : General Williams' front. 

III... On the right we must assume the offensive, and every man 
be prepared to fight, leaving knapsacks, &c., in the present trenches. 
Wagons will not be taken east of Utoy Creek until General Scho- 
field has secured position on the railroad, or so near it that it can 
be reached by musket balls and cannister. If necessary, to secure 
this end, ordinary parapets must be charged and carried, and every 
hour's delay enables the enemy to strengthen. Therefore let it be 
done to-day. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 52. J In the Field, near Atlanta, 

August o, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General John McArthur is hereby assigned to the 
command of the district of country embracing Kenesaw, Marietta, 
Roswell, and the west bank of the Chattahoochee River and the 
Sweetwater. 

1. He is charged with guarding the railroad from Big Shanty to 
the Chattahoochee, and protecting our stores at Marietta and 
Vining's. 

2. He will personally visit the points of interest and distribute 
the troops embraced in his command according to his judgment, 
and cause redoubts and block houses to be at once made, to give 
additional security to the railroad and places of deposit. 

3. He will cause camps to be prepared, one for each of the armies 
in the field, where he will assemble the detachments of recruits and 
convalescents arriving, and sick and discharged men going to the 
rear, and give dispatch to their movements. 



4. He will report to and receive instructions directly from these 
Headquarters. 

II. ..In pursuance of orders from Lieutenant General Grant, com- 
manding the Armies of the United States, the 10th Regiment Illinois 
Infantry Volunteers is hereby transferred from the Department and 
Army of the Cumberland to the Department of the Tennessee, and 
the commanding officer will report to Major General 0. 0. Howard, 
commanding. 

III. ..In order that the relative strength of the armies may remain 
unchanged, the 17th Regiment New York Volunteers, Infantry, is 
hereby transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the 
Department of the Cumberland, and the commanding officer will 
report to Major General Geo. H. Thomas, commanding. 

Ey order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

>- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 53. j In the Field, near Atlanta, 

AugvM 7, 1864. 



I. ..The following officers, being the seniors of their departments 
with the army in the field, are hereby relieved from duty with the 
Department of the Cumberland, and will in person report at these 
Headquarters for duty, viz : — 

Lieutenant Col-onel L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster. 

Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief Ordnance Officer. 

By order of Major General "W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



General Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 22. J Nashville, Tenn., August 12, ]864. 

I. ..Deserters from the rebel army required by standing orders to 
be sent north of the Ohio river and discharged, as well as refugees, 
male and female, escaping from the dangers of civil war at the 
Cairo or Louisville, be forwarded at the 



expense of the United States, if unable to pay their own way, to 
Cincinnati or St. Louis by water, or to any point not over one hun- 
dred miles by railroad. 

II... Commanding officers at Cairo and Louisville will, through 
the agents of the Christian Commission or labor agencies, endeavor 
to put this class of people in the way of honest employment as much 
as possible. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 54. j In the Field, near Atlanta., 

August 12, 1864. 

I... Captain J. H. Hogan, Company "G," 1st Regiment Alabama 
Cavalry, is hereby assigned as Ordnance officer in charge of a 
general field ordnance depot for supplying the army in the field, and 
will report to Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance Military 
Division of the Mississippi, for instructions. 

II. ..AH ordnance and ordnance stores at the present field depots 
will be turned over to Captain Hogan, and these depots discontinued. 

III.. .The 9th Regiment Ohio Cavalry Volunteers is hereby trans- 
ferred from the Department and Army of the Tennessee to the 
Department and Army of the Ohio, and the commanding officer will 
report to Major General J. M. Schofield, commanding Department. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 55. i In the Field, near Atlanta, 

August 14, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General W. B. Hazen, United States Volunteers, 
with the consent of his present commanding officers, is hereby trans- 
ferred from the Department of the Cumberland to the Department 
of the Tennessee, and will report in person to Major General 0. 0. 
Howard, commanding, that he maybe assigned to the command of a 
division according to his rank. 



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II... Captain W. N. Bucke, o2d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, 
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as Military Conductor of 
United States railroads, Military Division of the Mississippi, and 
will, without delay, report to the commanding officer of his regi- 
ment in the field. 

* -x- * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 56. J In the Field, near Atlanta, August 15, 1864. 

I... Captain Emanuel Giesy, Assistant Quartermaster, United 

States Volunteers, is hereby transferred from the Department of 

the Cumberland to the Department of the Tennessee, and will report 

in person to Major General 0. 0. Howard, commanding. 

* * -^ * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 57. j In the Field, near Atlanta, August 16, 1864. 

The movement of the army against the Macon railroad will begin 
Thursday night, August 18th, and will be continued on the follow- 
ing general plan : — 

I. ..AH army commanders will send across the Chattahoochee 
River, and within the old rebel works at the bridge, and down as 
far as Turner's Ferry, all surplus wagons, horses, men and materials 
not absolutely necessary to the success of the expedition, and will 
collect in their wagons with best teams bread, meat, sugar, coffee, 
&c., for fifteen (15) days after the nineteenth (19th) instant, and 
ammunition, and park them near Utoy Creek. 

First move. — General Kilpatrick's Cavalry will move to Camp 
Creek ; General Schofield will cover the Campbelton road, and Gen- 
eral Thomas will move one corps (General Williams') to the Chat- 



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tahoochee bridge, with orders to hold it — Paice's Ferry bridge and 
a pontoon bridge (Captain Kossack's) at Turner's Ferry, ready to 
be laid down if necessary. The other corps, General Stanley's, 
will move south of Proctor's Creek to near the Utoy, behind the 
right centre of the Army of the Tennessee, prepared to cover the 
Bell's Ferry road. General Garrard's Cavalry will fall behind 
Peach Tree Creek and act against the enemy should he sally against 
General Williams' or General Stanley's Corps during the movement. 

Second move. — The Army of the Tennessee will withdraw, cross 
Utoy Creek, and move by the most direct road towards Fairborn, 
going as far as Camp Creek. General Thomas will mass his two 
corps, Generals Stanley's and Johnson's, below Utoy Creek, and 
General Garrard's Cavalry will join General Thomas by the most 
direct road, or by way of Sandtown bridge, and act with him during 
the rest of the move. 

General Schofield will advance abreast of and in communication 
with the Army of the Tennessee as far as Camp Creek. 

Third move. — The Armies of the Ohio and Tennessee will move 
direct for the West Point road, aiming to strike it between Red Oak 
and Fairborn. General Thomas will follow, well closed up in two 
columns, the trains between. General Kilpatrick will act as the 
advance, and General Garrard will cover the rear under direction 
of General Thomas. 

The bridges at Sandtown will be kept and protected by a detach- 
ment of Cavalry detailed by General Elliott, with a section of guns 
or four (4) gun battery. 

II. ..During the movement, and until the army returns to the river, 
the utmost care will be taken to expose as little as possible the trains 
of cars and wagons. The depots at the bridge at Alatoona and 
Marietta will be held against any attack, and communication kept 
up with the army as far as possible by way of Sandtown. On reach- 
ing any railroad the troops will at once be disposed for defense, and 
at least one-third put to work to tear up track, and destroy iron, ties 
and all railroad materials. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 58. j In the Field, near Atlanta, August 19, 1864. 



I. ..Brigadier General R. W. Johnson, United States Volunteers, 
is hereby announced as Chief of Cavalry of the Military Division of 
the Mississippi. He will take post at Headquarters, Nashville, 
Tennessee. 

II... General Johnson, as Chief of Cavalry, will have charge of 
all remounts, care of horses that are issued to the Cavalry by the 
Quartermaster's Department or by the purchasing officers of the 
Cavalry Bureau, will direct their issue, and determine the order in 
which horses shall be issued, giving preference always to the best 
Cavalry troops dismounted, or to such as take best care of their 
horses. 

III... He will, from time to time, make inspection of the different 
Cavalry commands ; will make his reports to the head of the Cav- 
alry Bureau, Washington, D. C, and to these Headquarters, and 
may call for reports of all men, horses, equipments, arms, &c.. 
pertaining to that branch of service in this command. 

* * * 7^ * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 



MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI 



No. 59. j In the Field, near Atlanta, 

August 23, 1864. 

In order to carry out the provisions of the act of Congress 
approved July 2, 1864, and the regulations of the Secretary of the 
Treasury relative to trade and intercourse with States and parts of 
States in insurrection, and to make the operations of trade just and 
fair, both as to the people and to the merchant, the following gen- 
eral rules will be observed in this Military Division, as near as the 
state of the country will permit : 

I. ..All trade is prohibited near armies in the field or moving 
columns of troops, save that necessary to supply the wants of the 
troops themselves. Quartermasters and Commissaries will take 
such supplies as are needed in the countries passed through, leaving 



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receipts and taking the articles up on their returns. When cotton is 
found, and transportation to the rear is easy and does not interfere 
with the supplies to the army dependent upon the route, the Quarter- 
master will ship the cotton to the Quartermaster at Nashville or 
Memphis, who will deliver it to the agent of the Treasury Depart- 
ment. It will be treated as captured property of an enemy and 
invoiced accordingly. No claim of private interest in it will be 
entertained by the military authorities. 

II. ..In Departments and Military Districts embracing a country 
within our military control, the commanders of such Departments 
and Districts may permit a trade in articles not contraband of war 
or damaging to the operations of the army at the front, through the 
properly appointed agents and sub-agents of the Treasury Depart- 
ment, to an extent proportionate to the necessities of the peaceful 
and worthy inhabitants of the localities described ; but as trade and 
the benefits of civil government are conditions not only of fidelity 
of the people, but also of an ability to maintain peace and order in 
their District, county or locality, commanding officers will give 
notice that all trade will cease where guerrillas are tolerated or 
encouraged, and moreover, that in such Districts and localities the 
army or detachments sent to maintain the peace must be maintained 
by the District or locality that tolerates or encourages such guerrillas. 

III... All military officers will assist the agents of the Treasury 
Department in securing possession of all abandoned property and 
estates subject to confiscation under the law. 

IV. ..The use of weapons for hunting purposes is too dangerous 
to be allowed at this time, and therefore the introduction of all arms 
and powder, percussion caps, bullets, shot, lead, or anything used 
in connection with firearms, is prohibited absolutely, save by the 
proper agents of the United States ; and when the inhabitants 
require and can be trusted with such things for self defense, or for 
aiding in maintaining the peace and safety of their families and 
property, commanding officers may issue the same out of the public 
stores in limited quantities. 

v.. .Medicines and clothing, as well as salt, meats and provisions? 
being quasi- contraband of war, according to the condition of the 
district or locality where ofi'ered for sale, will be regulated by local 
commanders in connection with the agents of the Treasury Depart- 
ment. 



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VI. ..In articles non-contraband, such as the clothing needed for 
women and children, groceries and imported articles, the trade 
should be left to the Treasury agents as matters too unimportant to 
be noticed by military men. 

VII... When military officers can indicate a preference to the class 
of men allowed to trade, they will always give preference to men 
who have served the Government as soldiers, and are wounded or 
incapacitated from further service by such wounds or sickness. Men 
who manifest loyalty by oaths, and nothing more, are entitled to 
live, but not to ask favors of a Government that demands acts and 
personal sacrifices. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 



MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 60. j In the Field, near Atlanta, 

August 24, 1864. 

It being represented by A. W. Smith, special agent for the Post 
Office Department, that the mail cars are daily encumbered with 
about fifty men detailed by divisions, brigades and regiments, who 
profess to be after their mails, but are in reality engaged in trafic, 
it is ordered : 

I. ..The special agent of the Post Office Department will bring the 
army mail to the nearest practicable point by rail to the army, and 
there deliver the bags only to corps messengers, duly appointed by 
a corps order approved by the army commander. 

II... Each army corps commander will arrange to receive his mail 
of the agent of the Post Office Department at the end of the railroad, 
and will have it brought to his Headquarters, and there distributed 
to divisions, brigades and regiments, according to his own plan. 

III. ..Array commanders, viz: Cumberland, Tennessee and Ohio, 
may send special messengers through to Nashville, Chattanooga and 
Knoxville and back, but these must confine their business to that 
defined in their written orders. The same privilege cannot be con- 
ceded to any others, because we have not the facilities and quantity 
of cars needed for more than the absolute necessities of the army. 



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IV... Captain H. C. Rice, Company '' F," 46tli Regiment Ohio 
Volunteers, is hereby detailed as Military Conductor on United 
States military railroads, and will report to Colonel Parkhurst, 

Provost Marshal General Department of the Cumberland. 

* * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 24. J Nashville, Tenn., August 26, 1864. 

Pursuant to assignment by the Secretary of War, Colonel Langdon 
0. Easton, Quartermaster, U. S. Army, is hereby announced as Chief 
Quartermaster of the Military Division of the Mississippi. 

He will be respected accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 62. J In the Field, near Lovejoy's, 

September 3, 1864. 

The General commanding announces with great pleasure that he 
has official information that our troops under Major General Slocum 
occupied Atlanta yesterday, at eleven o'clock a. m., the enemy 
having evacuated the night before, destroyed vast magazines of 
stores, and blowing up, among other things, eighty car loads of 
ammunition, which accounts for the sounds heard by us on the night 
of the 1st inst. Our present task is therefore well done, and all 
work of destruction on the railroad will cease. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 63. J In the Field, near Lovejoy^s, Sept. 3, 1864. 

I. ..Army commanders will, during to-day, send to Jonesboro" all 
sick and wounded men, all empty wagons and prisoners of war, also 
all surplus wheels not needed for a five days' stay in front, ready to 
start to-morrow morning at six o'clock from Jonesboro" for Atlanta. 
Each army will send a regiment to escort these wagons, and (jreneral 
Thomas will send an experienced Colonel to conduct the train into 
Atlanta, there to await further orders. 

11. ..The army will be prepared to move back to-morrow or next 
day — the Army of the Cumberland to Atlanta and Chattahoochee 
bridge, the Army of the Tennessee to East Point, and the Army of 
the Ohio to Decatur. Major General Thomas will have General 
Garrard's Cavalry ready to act as rear guard. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Jide-de-Ca7np. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 64. J Li the Field, near Lovejoy^s, Sept. 4, 1864. 

The army having accomplished its undertaking in the complete 
reduction and occupation of Atlanta, will occupy the place and the 
country near it, until a new campaign is planned in concert with the 
other grand armies of the United States. 

I. ..The army of the Cumberland will occupy the city and its com- 
munications with Chattanooga, the Army of the Tennessee will 
occupy East Point and the right flank, and the Army of the Ohio 
the town of Decatur and the left flank. The Cavalry will occupy 
Sandtown, Roswell, and other points on the flanks and along our 
line of communication. 

II. ..To withdraw to the posts herein designated, the Army of the 
Cumberland will withdraw — 

1st — To Jonesboro'; 
2d — To Rough and Ready, and 

3d — To Atlanta, leaving the Cavalry to bring up the rear in the 
manner herein prescribed. 



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III. ..The Army of the Tennessee will move in concert with that 
of the Cumberland — 

1st — To its old position near Jonesboro'; 

2d — Across the Flint River to about Morrow's Mill, and 

8(1 — To East Point and the head of Camp Creek. 

IV. ..The Army of the Ohio will also move in concert with that of 
the Cumberland — 

1st — To a point near Jonesboro'; 

2d — To some point within two miles and east of Rough and Ready ; 
and last, to Decatur. 

v.. .General Kilpatrick's Cavalry will cover the left rear of the 
Army of the Tennessee, and that of General Garrard the right rear 
of the Army of the Ohio, until they reach the positions assigned in 
this order, when the Cavalry commands will move to the points 
designated, viz: Sandtown and Roswell. 

VI. ..The General-in-Chief will give notice when the movement 
will begin, and, after reaching Atlanta, will establish Headquarters 
in Atlanta, and afford the army an opportunity to have a full month's 
rest, with every chance to organize, receive pay, replenish clothing, 
and prepare for a fine winter's campaign. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 66. j In the Field, near Jonesboro, Ga., 

September 6, 1864. 

I. ..The General-in-Chief communicates with a feeling of just pride 
and satisfaction the following orders of the President of the United 
States, and telegram of Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, on hearing 
of the capture of Atlanta : — 

1st— 

" Executive Mansion, 

" Washington, D. C, September 3, 1864. 
" The national thanks are rendered by the President to Major General W. T. 
Sherman and the gallant officers and soldiers of his command before Atlanta, 
for the distinguished ability, courage and perseverance displayed in the cam- 
paign in Georgia which, under Divine favor, has resulted in the capture of the 



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city of Atlanta. The marches, battles, sieges, and other military operations 
that have signalized the campaign, must render it famous in the annals of war, 
and have entitled those who have participated therein to the applause and 
thanks of the nation. 

"(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 

^'President of the United States." 

2d— 

" Executive Maxsion, 

" Washington City, September 3, 1864. 
" Ordered : 

"First: That on Monday, the 5th day of September, commencing at the hour 
of twelve o'clock, noon, there shall be given a salute of one hundred (ino) guns 
at the Arsenal and Navy Yard, Washington, and on Tuesday, the 6th day of 
September, or on the day after the receipt of this order, at each arsenal and 
navy yard in the United States, for the recent brilliant achievements of the 
tleet and land forces of the United States, in the harbor of Mobile, and in the 
reduction of Fort Powell, Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan. The Secretary of 
War and Secretary of Navy will issue the necessary directions, in their 
respective Departments, for the execution of this order. 

"Second: That on Wednesday, the 7th day of September, commencing at 
the hour of twelve o'clock, m., there shall be fired a salute of one hundred 
(100) guns at the Arsenal at Washington, and at New York, Boston, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Newport, (Kentucky,) St. Louis, New Orleans, 
Mobile, Pensacola, Hilton Head and Newbern, or the day after the receipt of 
this order, for the brilliant achievements of the army under command of 
Major General Sherman in the State of Georgia, and the capture of Atlanta. 
The Secretary of War will issue directions for the execution of this order. 
"(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 

" President of the United States." 

3d— 

" City Point, Va., 

'' September 4, 9 p. m., 1864. 
" Major General Sherman : 

" I have just received your dispatch announcing the capture of Atlanta. In 
honor of your great victory, I have ordered a salute to be fired with shotted 
guns from every batterj'- bearing upon the enemy. The salute will be fired 
within an hour amidst great rejoicing. 

" (Signed) U. S. GRANT, 

"Lieutenant General." 

II. ..All the corps, regiments and batteries composing this army 
may, without further orders, inscribe "Atlanta" on their colors. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 67. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., 

September 8, 1804. 

I. ..The city of Atlanta being exclusively required for warlike 
purposes, will at once be vacated by all except the armies of the 
United States and such civilian employees as may be retained by 
the proper Departments of Government. 

II. ..The Chief Quartermaster, Colonel Easton, will at once take 
possession of buildings of all kinds, and of all staple articles, such 
as cotton, tobacco, &c., and will make such disposition of them as 
are required by existing regulations, or such orders as he may receive 
from time to time from the proper authorities. 

III. ..The Chief Engineer will promptly reconnoitre the city and 
suburbs, and indicate the sites needed for the permanent defense of 
the place, together with any houses, sheds or shanties that stand in 
his way, that they may be set apart for destruction. Colonel Easton 
will then, on consultation with the proper officers of the Ordnance, 
Quartermaster, Commissary, Medical and Railroad Departments, 
set aside such buildings and lots of ground as will be needed for 
them, and have them suitably marked and set apart. He will then, 
on consultation with Generals Thomas and Slocum, set apart such 
as may be necessary to the proper administration of the military 
duties of the Department of the Cumberland and of the post of 
Atlanta ; and all buildings and materials not thus embraced will be 
held subject to the use of the Government, as may hereafter arise, 
according to the just rules of the Quartermaster's Department. 

IV... No General, staff or other officer, or any soldier, will, on any 
pretense, occupy any house or shanty, unless it be embraced in 
the limits assigned as the camp of the troops to which such Gene- 
ral or staff belongs; but the Chief Quartermaster may allow the 
troops to use boards, shingles or materials of buildings, barns, sheds, 
warehouses and shanties not needed by the proper Departments of 
Government, to be used in the reconstruction of such shanties and 
bivouacs as the troops and officers serving with them require, and 
he will also provide, as early as practicable, the proper allowance 
of tents for the use of the officers and men in their encampments. 

v.. .In proper time, just arrangements will be made for the supply, 
to the troops, of all articles they may need over and above the 



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clothing, provisions, &c., furnished by Government, and on no 
pretense v^^hatever will traders, manufacturers or sutlers be allowed 
to settle in the limits of fortified places, and if these manage to 
come in spite of this notice, the Quartermaster will seize their stores 
and appropriate them to the use of the troops, and deliver the 
parties, or other unauthorized citizens who thus place their indi- 
vidual interests above that of the United States, in the hands of 
some Provost Marshal to be put to labor on the forts, or conscripted 
into one of the regiments or batteries already in service. 

VI. ..The same general principles will apply to all military posts 
south of Chattanooga. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 68. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., 

Septembers, 1864. 

The officers and soldiers of the Armies of the Cumberland, Ohio 
and Tennessee have already received the thanks of the nation, 
through its President and Commander-in-Chief, and it now remains 
only for him who has been with you from the beginning, and who 
intends to stay all the time, to thank the officers and men for their 
intelligence, fidelity, and courage, as displayed in the campaign of 
Atlanta. 

On the 1st of May our armies were lying in garrison, seemingly 
quiet, from Knoxville to Huntsville, and our enemy lay behind his 
rocky faced barrier at Dalton, proud, defiant, and exulting. He 
had had time since Christmas to recover from his discomfiture on 
the Mission Ridge, with his ranks filled, and a new Commander- 
in-Chief, second to none of the Confederacy in reputation for 
skill, sagacity, and extreme popularity. All at once our armies 
assumed life and action and appeared before Dalton. Threatening 
Rocky Face, we threw ourselves upon Resacca, and the rebel army 
only escaped by the rapidity of its retreat, aided by the numerous 
roads with which he was familiar and which were strange to us. 
Again he took post in Alatoona, but we gave him no rest, and 



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by our circuit towards Dallas and subsequent movement to Acworth 
we gained the Alatoona Pass. Then followed the eventful battles 
about Kenesaw, and the escape of the enemy across the Chattahoo- 
chee River. 

Tlve crossing of the Chattahoochee and breaking of the Augusta 
road was most handsomely executed by us, and will be studied as 
an example in the art of war. At this stage of our game our ene- 
mies became dissatisfied with their old and skillful commander and 
selected one more bold and rash. New tactics were adopted. 
Hood, first boldly and rapidly, on the 20th of July, fell on our right 
at Peach Tree Creek, and lost. Again, on the 22d, he struck our 
extreme left and was severely punished ; and finally, again, on the 
28th, he repeated the attempt on our right, and that time must have 
become satisfied, for since that date he has remained on the defen- 
sive. We slowly and gradually drew our lines about Atlanta, 
feeling for the railroad which supplied the rebel army, and made 
Atlanta a place of importance. 

We must concede to our enemy that he met these eff"orts patiently 
and skillfully, but at last he made the mistake we had waited for so 
long, and sent his Cavalry to our rear, far beyond the reach of 
recall. Instantly our Cavalry was on his only remaining road, and 
we followed quickly with our principal army, and Atlanta fell into 
our possession as the fruit of well concerted measures, backed by a 
brave and confident array. This completed the grand task which 
had been assigned us by our Government, and your General again 
repeats his personal and official thanks to all the officers and men 
composing this army for the indomitable courage and perseverance 
which alone could give success. 

We have beaten our enemy on every ground he has chosen, and 
have wrested from him his own gate citij, where were located his 
foundries, arsenals and workshops, deemed secure on account of 
their distance from the base, and the seemingly impregnable obsta- 
cles intervening. 

Nothing is impossible to an array like this, determined to vindi- 
cate a Government which has rights wherever our flag has once 
floated, and is resolved to maintain them at any and all costs. 

In our campaign many, yea, very many of our noble and gallant 
comrades have preceded us to our common destination, the grave. 
But they have left the memory of deeds on which a nation can build 



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a proud history. McPherson, Harker, McCook and others, dear to 
us all, are now the binding links in our minds that should attach 
more closely together the living, who have to complete the task 
which still lays before us in the dim future. 

I ask all to continue, as they have so well begun, the cultivation 
of the soldierly virtues that have ennobled our own and other coun- 
tries : courage, patience, obedience to the laws and constituted 
authorities of our Government, fidelity to our trust, and good feel- 
ing among each other, each trying to excel the other in the practice 
of those high qualities, and it will then require no prophet to foretell 
that our country will, in time, emerge from this war purified by the 
fires of war, and worthy its great founder, Washington. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 70. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1864. 

I. ..Pursuant to an agreement between General J. B. Hood, com- 
manding the Confederate forces in Georgia, and Major General W. 
T. Sherman, commanding this army, a truce is hereby declared to 
exist from daylight of Monday, September 12th, until daylight of 
Thursday, September 22d, being ten (10) full days, at the point of 
the Macon railroad known as Rough and Ready, and the country 
round about for a circle of two (2) miles radius,, together with the 
roads leading to and from in the direction of Atlanta and Lovejoy's 
station respectively, for the purpose of affording the people of 
Atlanta a safe means of removal to points south. 

II. ..The Chief Quartermaster at Atlanta, Colonel Easton, will 
afi'ord all the people of Atlanta who elect to go south all the facili- 
ties he can spare to remove them comfortably and safely, with their 
effects, to Rough and Ready, using cars, wagons and ambulances 
for that purpose ; and commanders of regiments and brigades may 
use their regimental and staff teams to carry out the object of this 
order, the whole to cease after Wednesday, the 21st inst. 

III... Major General Thomas will cause a guard to be established 
on the road out, beyond the camp ground, with orders to allow all 
wagons or vehicles to pass that are manifestly used for this purpose 



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without undue search ; and Major General Howard will send a guard 
of one hundred (100) men, with a field officer in command, to take 
post at Rough and Ready, during the truce, with orders, in concert 
with a guard of like size from the Confederate army, to maintain 
the most perfect order in that vicinity during the transfer of these 
families. 

A white flag will be displayed during the truce, and the guard will 
cause all wagons to leave at 4 p. m. of Wednesday, the 21st, and the 
guard to withdraw at dark, the truce to terminate next morning. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 72. j InfheField, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 13, 1864. 

I... In order to enable the citizens of Atlanta the more easily to 
comply with Special Field Orders No. 71, from these Headquarters, 
the Chief Quartermaster, Colonel L. C. Easton, and Colonel A. 
Beckwith, Chief Commissary, may receive from them all reasonable 
quantities of forage, subsistence stores and beef cattle, and pay the 
market rate prices for the same. 

II... No restrictions are placed upon citizens as regards the sale 
of any private property they may own, but all cotton, tobacco, mules, 
and horses will be taken for the benefit of the Government, and a 
certificate given the owner or claimant for the same ; but no pay- 
ment will be made for this kind of property, as it must be disposed 
of as required by existing orders and regulations. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 74. j In the Field, near Atlanta, Sept. 11, l^M. 

I... In order that the officers and soldiers may procure the useful 
supplies not embraced in the ration table or furnished as anti-scor- 
butics, each army commander may establish a store near his main 
camp, viz: General Thomas in Atlanta, General Howard at East 



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Point, and General Schofield at Decatur, subject to such tariff of 
prices, and regulated in such manner as each commander may pre- 
scribe, to insure fair prices and good order. No credits will be 
enforced by the Government. 

II. ..The Quartermaster in charge of transportation at Nashville 
may furnish free transportation for these stores, at the rate of one 
(1) car of 8 tons per day, and this car will be subdivided between 
the three armies in the ratio of four (4) tons for the Army of the 
Cumberland, two and one-half ("ij) for the Army of the Tennessee, 
and one and one-half (IJ) for the Army of the Ohio. Adams & Co. 
can have one (1) express car per day for parcels and packages under 
existing rules and regulations. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 75. J Inthe Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18, 18Q4. 



I. ..Brigadier General Jos. K. Knipe, United States Volunteers, 
is hereby transferred from the Department of the Cumberland to 
the Department of the Tennessee, and will report to Major General 
0. 0. Howard, commanding, for instructions. 

II. ..Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States Volunteers, 
is hereby transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the 
Department of the Cumberland, and will report to Major General 
George H. Thomas, commanding, for instructions. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman; 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 76. j In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20, 1864. 

I. ..The following telegram just received from Washington: — 

" Washingto.v, September 20, 1864. 
"Major General Sherman: 

"Yesterday, Monday, the 19th, Major General Sheridan attacked the rebel 
forces under Generals Breckinridge and Early, near Bunker Hill, in the 
Shenandoah Valley, fought a hard battle all day, and a brilliant victory was 



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won by our forces. The enemy were driven off twelve miles. Two thousand 
five hundred prisoners were captured, nine stand of colors, five pieees of 
Artillery were taken, and the rebel killed and wounded left in our hands. 
The rebel Generals Rhodes and Gordon were killed ; four other rebel Generals 
wounded. 

"(Signed) E. M. STANTON." 

The General-in-Chief communicates this to the command with 
much pleasure. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 79. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24, 1864. 

I... Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War, by tele- 
gram, Brigadier General John Newton, United States Volunteers, 
is hereby relieved from duty in this command, and will proceed to 
Key West to take command of the District of West Florida, report- 
ing to Major General E. R. S. Canby, commanding Department of 
the Gulf. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 26. J Nashville, Tenn., October Z, 1864. 

Hereafter all officers doing duty in the Ordnance, Commissary 
and Quartermaster's Departments, within the limits of the Military 
Division of the Mississippi, will furnish to the Chief of Cavalry 
such reports and returns as he may require from time to time con- 
cerning supplies in their possession designed for the use of the 
Mounted Service. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

M. ROCH 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



M. ROCHESTER, 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 83. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3, 1864. 

The following movements are ordered : — 

I... Major General Slocum, with the 20th Corps, will hold Atlanta 
and the Chattahoochee bridge, and all detachments of other troops 
or corps will report to him and be assigned by him to posts looking 
to the security of this depot. 

II. ..All the rest of the army, provided with ten (10) days' rations, 
will move by the Chattahoochee bridge to Smyrna Camp Ground, 
Ruff's station ; the Army of the Cumberland, Major General Stan- 
ley, on the centre, looking west ; the Army of the Ohio, Brigadier 
General Cox, on the right, and the Army of the Tennessee, Major 
General Howard, on the left. 

III. ..The General commanding will be near the centre. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 84. J In the Field, Kenesaw, October 5, 1864. 

I. ..During the absence of the regular army commanders and the 
present operations of the army, the senior officer present with each 
army will command it, viz : Major General D. S. Stanley will com- 
mand the Army of the Cumberland, and Brigadier General J. D. 
Cox the Army of the Ohio. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Ca)np. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 85. ) In the Field, Kenesaiv Mountain, 

October 6, 1864. 

I... Major General Stanley, Army of the Cumberland, will occupy 
a strong defensive position across the Marietta and Burnt Hickory, 
and Marietta and Dallas roads, his right near Pine Hilll and left 
behind Noses Creek. 



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II... Major General Howard, Army of the Tennessee, will join on 
the left of General Stanley, and make a line covering the Powder 
Spring road ; and the Cavalry on that flank, General Kilpatrick, 
will prevent any enemy from reaching the railroad below Marietta. 

III. ..Brigadier General Cox, Army of the Ohio, will move out 
on the Burnt Hickory road, via Pine Hill and Mount Olivet Church, 
west, until he strikes the road by which the enemy have moved on 
Alatoona. He will have his columns ready for a fight, but not 
deployed. He will park his wagons near Kenesaw. 

IV... General Elliott will send Cavalry to-day to Big Shanty, 
Acworth and Alatoona, and bring back official reports. 

v.. .The utmost attention must be given to the grazing of animals, 
parking wagons and economizing rations. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 86. J In the Field, Kenesaw Mountain, 

October 7, 1864. 

The General commanding avails himself of the opportunity, in 
the handsome defense made of Alatoona, to illustrate the most 
important principle in war, that fortified posts should be defended 
to the last, regardless of the relative numbers of the party attacking 
and attacked. 

Alatoona was garrisoned by three (3) regiments, commanded by 
Colonel Tourtellotte, and reinforced by a detachment from a division 
at Rome, under command of Brigadier General J. M. Corse, on the 
morning of the 5th, and a few hours after was attacked by French's 
Division of Stewart's Corps, two other divisions being near at hand 
and in support. General French demanded a surrender in a letter 
to "avoid an useless effusion of blood," and gave but five (5) 
minutes for answer. General Corse's answer was emphatic and 
strong — that he and his command were ready for the "useless 
effusion of blood " as soon as it was agreeable to General French. 

This answer was' followed by an attack, which was prolonged for 
five (5) hours, resulting in the complete repulse of the enemy, who 



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left his dead on the ground, amounting to more than two hundred, 
(200,) and four hundred (400) prisoners, well and wounded. The 
" effusion of blood" was not "useless," as the position at Alatoona 
was and is very important to our present and future operations. 

The thanks of this army are due, and are hereby accorded to. 
General Corse, Colonel Tourtellotte, officers and men, for their 
determined and gallant defense of Alatoona, and it is made an 
example to illustrate the importance of preparing in time and meet- 
ing the danger, when present, boldly, manfully, and well. 

This army, though unseen to the garrison, was co-operating by 
moving towards the road by which the enemy could alone escape, 
but unfortunately were delayed by the rain and mud, but this fact 
hastened the retreat of the enemy. 

Commanders and garrisons of the posts along our railroads are 
hereby instructed that they must hold their posts to the last minute, 
sure that the time gained is valuable and necessary to their comrades 
at the front. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIYISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 87. J In the Field, Kenesaiv, October 8, ISM. 

I. ..The armies will march at once towards Alatoona: that of the 
Ohio by the roads south and west of Acworth : that of the Cumber- 
land by roads south and west of Kenesaw Mountain, leading through 
Acworth ; and that of the Tennessee by roads north and east of 
Kenesaw, via Big Shanty and Acworth. 

II ..The Army of the Ohio will halt for orders near good grass 
and water, two or three miles this side of Alatoona; that of the 
Cumberland this side of Acworth ; and that of the Tennessee this 
side of Big Shanty, all giving attention to the grazing of their 
animals when not on the march. 

III. ..AH details for repairing roads will remain at work until re- 
lieved, or new orders are made. The repairs will be pushed to the 
maximum, and as soon as the Chattahoochee bridge is done, the 
hospitals and sick now at Marietta will be sent to Atlanta. 



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IV. ..Until further orders, General Elliott will keep all his Cavalry 
force watching the enemy, but ready to march rapidly to Stilesboro' 
and the Etowah bridge, if the enemy turns north towards Rome or 
Kingston. Otherwise the Cavalry will remain at the front or left 
flank of the army. 

v.. .Should the enemy attempt our road about Kingston, or to 
invest Rome, the army must be prepared to leave at Alatoona the 
principal wagon trains, and to march rapidly to the points threatened ; 
but if the enemy simply moves off towards Jacksonville or Blue 
Mountain, the army will remain, its right at Alatoona and left at 
Kenesaw until our roads are repaired. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 88. j In the Field, Alatoona, Ga., 

October 9, 1864. 



I... Captain C. A. Cilley, Assistant Adjutant General, Volunteers, 
is hereby transferred from the Department of the Cumberland to 
the Department of the Ohio, and will report to Major General J. 
M. Schofield, commanding. 

II. ..The ordnance depots at Nashville and Chattanooga will be 
considered as the general ordnance depots for the supply of the 
three armies of this Division until further orders. Captain B. F. 
Townsend, Depot Ordnance Officer at Nashville, and Lieutenant 
0. E. Michalis, Depot Ordnance Officer at Chattanooga, will report 
by letter to Captain T. J. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance, for instruc- 
tions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 89. j In the Field, Kingston, Ga., 

October 11, 1864. 

The army will move to-morrow morning early on Rome, the 
Armies of the Ohio and Tennessee by the river roads, and the 
Army of the Cumberland by a detour via Woodland, all to reach 
Rome to-morrow night. 

Trains will be taken to Rome. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 90. I In the Field, Rome, Ga., Oct. 12, 1864. 

Orders for to-morrow, October 13th, will be as follows : — 
I. ..General Corse will dispatch his division and the brigade of 
the 15th Corps attached to his garrison, and the 1st Alabama Cav- 
alry, down the Coosa River, on its east bank, towards Coosaville, to 
develop the force guarding the bridge by which the enemy crossed. 
He will send one (1) battery with the expedition, and equip the 
whole party light. 

II... General Elliott will at the same time dispatch down the west 
bank of the Coosa a division of Cavalry for the same purpose, viz : 
to develop the force guarding the bridge by which the enemy 
crossed. 

III... All the armies will be held ready to move at a moment's 
warning. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 



MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI 



No. 91. J In the Field, Resacca, Ga., Oct. 14, 1864. 

The first movement will be to free the Snake Creek Gap. 
I.. .General Howard will bring up all the men of his command he 
can get at 7 a. m. to-morrow, and move direct on Snake Creek Gap, 



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approaching carefullj and holding his column ready to pass through 
when relieved by General Stanley's movement. 

II... General Stanley will cross over to the hills about two (2) 
miles north of the Gap, somewhere south of Tilton, and with 
Infantry reach the summit, and, if possible, find a way across into 
the valley beyond, towards Villanow. 

III... General Cox will come up and follow General Howard. 

IV... All trains will remain, until further orders, near Resacca, 
parked, ready to follow by Dalton or Snake Creek Gap, as the 
orders may be. 

v.. .General McCook will send all the Cavalry he can raise boldly 
to the Buzzard's Roost Pass to threaten the enemy in that quarter, 
and to give General Stanley notice of any force in that vicinity. 
As soon as General Garrard comes up he will be dispatched in the 
same direction. 

VI. ..The General commanding will attend General Howard to the 
forks of the road, about two (2) miles this side of Snake Creek Gap, 
where couriers or staff officers can find him for orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 92. j In the Field, , Octoher 15, 1864. 



The movement to-morrow will be on Lafayette, the primary object 
being to secure possession of Ship's Gap. 

I. ..General Howard will move rapidly on Villanow and Ship's 
Gap, secure the summit, and mass to the right. 

II... General Stanley will follow and mass to the left of the Gap. 

III... General Cox will halt for orders at Villanow, guarding roads 
north and south. 

IV... General Garrard's Cavalry will come through Snake Creek 
Gap and guard the trains. General Elliott will dispatch Colonel 
Watkins' Cavalry and scouts to open communication with Chatta- 



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nooga to let them know that this army is in pursuit of Hood, and to 
inform me of the state of facts along the road and at Chattanooga, 
v.. .The Ordnance and ambulance trains will pass with the troops, 
as also herds of cattle ; but supply trains will follow in the order of 
the troops, viz : those of the Army of the Tennessee first, those of 
the Cumberland second, and those of the Ohio last. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 93. J In the Field, Ship^s Gap, Ga., 

October 17, 1864. 

I. ..Army Commanders will at once park their trains at points 
convenient to roads leading south. Each army will make up a train 
of the most indifferent wagons and worthless mules and horses, and 
prepare to send them to Chattanooga, together with the sick and 
wounded, prisoners of war, surplus servants, tents, chairs, cots, and 
the furniture that now fill our wagons and disgrace the army ; in 
other words, each army will strip its trains to the best teams, loaded 
only with the essentials for a long march, depending on the country 
for forage and vegetables. Each Army Commander will report at 
what time of to-day or to-night he will be ready to send back such 
a train, and hold it at a point convenient to move towards Ringgold, 
but not dispatch it until further orders. 

II... General Howard will continue to reconnoitre well forward, 
also down along the ridge, about as far south as Lafayette. General 
Stanley will examine roads towards Dirt Town, and General Cox 
will do the same, but the armies will not move until further orders, 
based on more complete intelligence of the plans and designs of the 
enemy. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSIS.SIPPI, 

No. 94. j In the Field, Ship's Gap, Ga., 

October 17, 1864. 

The armies will move to-morrow against the enemy, supposed to 
be at or near Summerville, as follows: — 

I, ..The Army of the Tennessee will move through Lafayette and 
by the direct road to Summerville. followed by its ammunition train 
and ambulances. 

II. ..The Army of the Cumberland will cross Ship's Gap, and take 
the road to Summerville to the left and east of that followed by the 
Army of the Tennessee, keeping abreast of and in communication 
with it. 

III. ..The Army of the Ohio will move from Villanow down the 
Rome road across to Subligna, and thence by the best road to Sum- 
merville. It may take its whole train. 

IV... General Garrard's Cavalry will press the rear of the enemy 
from the direction of Dirt Town, and the brigade of Colonel Wat- 
kins' Cavalry will do the same from the direction of Lafayette, each 
bearing in mind where their Infantry supports are. If possible, the 
Cavalry should reach and destroy the wagon transportation of the 
enemy. 

v.. .The Armies of the Cumberland and Tennessee should have 
from three (3) to five (5) days' rations in their haversacks ; and 
beef on the hoof, and send their trains down by way of Subligna 
and Gover's Pass. 

YI...Rome will be our next point of supply. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



General Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 27. J Nashville, Tenn., October 18, 1864. 

I. ..The gross negligence on the part of many officers of the 
Cavalry in making the reports and returns required by existing 
orders calls for immediate correction. 



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The character of the Cavalry service frequently separating the 
troops for considerable periods from their trains is, in some 
instances, and to a certain degree, an excuse for this ; but no 
possible apology can exist for the months of delay which in many 
cases has been suffered to occur without apparently any effort by 
commanders of regiments to make up, when in camp, for the delays 
necessarily occuring during active campaigning. 

The Major General commanding therefore calls attention to the 
existing orders upon this subject. 

The reports required at the office of the Chief of Cavalry at these 
Headquarters are as follows : — 

1st. Monthly returns on the last day of each month. 

2d. Tri-monthly reports on the 10th, 20th, and last days of each 
month. 

3d. Monthly reports of arms on the last day of each month. 

4th. Copies of estimates for horses, horse equipments and arms 
required. 

5th. Copies of Monthly Inspection Reports. 

6th. Report of officers absent from stated roll-calls and stable- 
duty, to be made tri-monthly, on the 10th, 20th, and last days of 
each month. 

Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders in the Cavalry 
will take immediate steps to bring up all back returns and reports, 
in order that those for the current month may be made at once : and 
that hereafter, all these returns and reports be rendered as they fall 
due, unless the circumstances of the command render this abso- 
lutely impossible, and in such case, the commanding officer will be 
expected to furnish them, at the earliest practicable opportunity, 
with a written explanation to the next higher in command of the 
circumstances occasioning the delay. 

It is believed that under any ordinary condition of things the 
monthly returns and tri-monthly reports for each of the Depart- 
ments may, by the exercise of a proper degree of diligence on the 
part of Regimental, Brigade and Division Commanders, be furnished 
at these Headquarters within ten days of the day upon which they 
fall due. 

Commanding officers of Cavalry are reminded that much of the 
disorganization existing in this branch of the service is due to their 
negligence in this respect, as, except by the required reports and 



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returns, it is impossible that the wants of the Cavalry can be known 
to the staflF officers upon whom it devolves to supply them. 

II. ..The Generals commanding the Districts of Kentucky, Ten- 
nessee and the Etowah, will furnish to the Chief of Cavalry, at 
these Headquarters, monthly returns, tri-monthly reports, and 
monthly reports of arms for the Cavalry, mounted and dismounted 
in their respectiue commands. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 96. J In the Field, Chattooga Greek, 

October 18, 1864. 

The movement of the armies to-morrow will be as follows : — 

I. ..The Army of the Tennessee will pass to the right of Summer- 
ville and move towards Alpine in support of Colonel Watkins' 
Cavalry, which is ordered to ascertain what part, if any, of the 
enemy Has passed up Henderson's Gap. 

II. ..The Array of the Ohio will move on the main Gaylesville 
road towards Melville P. 0., in support of General Garrard's Cav- 
alry, which is ordered to reconnoitre towards Gaylesville. 

III. ..The Army of the Cumberland will mass near Suramerville, 
ready to move in any direction. 

IV. ..Trains will be brought up to points convenient to the rear of 
each army, near to the fords of the Chattooga, and near cornfields. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide de- Gamp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 97. J In the Field, Summerville, Ga., 

October 19, 1864. 

The armies will move to-morrow on Gaylesville as follows: — 

I. ..The Army of the Tennessee and General Schofield via Alpine, 

and the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland by the direct road. 

All the columns will be well closed up, and in good order, halting 



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as the head of the leading column reaches Gaylesville, and selecting 
good grounds for camps. 

II. ..The Cavalry will push on to Little River and beyond, securing 
the bridge, if any. 

III... Headquarters will be near Gaylesville, and army com- 
manders will make prompt reports of appearances of the enemy. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 98. J In the Field, Summerville, Ga., 

October 19, 1864. 

I. ..Lieutenant Colonel Willard Warner, Acting Inspector General 
on the staff of this Military Division, having been appointed Colonel 
of the 180th Ohio, is hereby relieved from duty at these Head- 
quarters, and will proceed to Nashville and assume the command 
of his new regiment. 

II. ..The General commanding thanks Colonel Warner for his 
most zealous and intelligent service during the past campaign ; com- 
pliments him on his good sense in preferring service with troops to 
staff duty, and predicts for him the highest success in his profes- 
sional career. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division or the Mississippi, 
No. 99. J In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., 

October 20, 1864. 

The orders for to-morrow are as follows: — 

II. ..Brigadier General Cox will move and take position near the 
point on the Chattooga where the road to Cedar Bluffs crosses it, 
with a strong advance guard at Cedar Bluffs. 



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II. ..Major General Howard will advance and take position on the 
main Alabama road, some four (4) or five (5) miles towards Blue 
Pond, with a strong advance guard at the crossing of Little River. 

III... Major General Stanley will advance his rear corps to near 
the position now occupied by the 17th Corps, and the other will 
remain as at present. 

IV. ..Brigadier General Elliott will establish a good courier line 
from Gaylesville back to Rome, and will reconnoitre in force through 
Blue Pond well towards Gadsden. 

v.. .All the armies will get up their trains and forage on the 
country liberally. General Cox will make a bridge across Chat- 
tooga, near his camp, and General Stanley will strengthen and 
improve the covered bridge on the upper Rome road. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPIM, 

No. 100. J In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., 



I. ..Application having been made by Major General 0. 0. 
Howard, commanding Department of the Tennessee, Major Gen- 
eral Geo. Stoneman is hereby temporarily assigned to command 
the 17th Corps during the absence of General Blair, in order that 
Division Commanders may remain with their proper commands. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 102. ) In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., 

October 24, 1864. 

T... Major General J. A. Mower, United States Volunteers, having 
reported for duty, is hereby assigned to the Department and Army 
of the Tennessee, and will report in person to Major General 0. 0. 
Howard for orders. 

* * -5^ -Sf * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 103. J In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., 

October 24, 1864. 

I. ..Brevet Major General Wilson, having reported in accordance 
with orders from the Lieutenant General commanding to be assigned 
with his brevet rank, is announced as Chief of Cavalry, and will 
assume command of the Cavalry forces of the Military Division of 
the Mississippi, Headquarters in the field. 

II. ..Subject to the approval of the President, the Cavalry forces 
of the Military Division of the Mississippi will hereafter constitute 
the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi. All 
detachments, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions will make 
the returns, required by the present (jrders and regulations, to the 
Headquarters of the Cavalry Corps, through the usual channels. 
They mhII send copies of the monthly returns to their respective 
Department Commanders. 

III. ..Brigadier General Johnson is hereby relieved from duty as 
Chief of Cavalry of the Military Division of the Mississippi. He 
will remain in* discharge of the duties assigned him by Pars. 1 and 
2 of General Orders No. 23, from Headquarters Military Division 
of the Mississippi. He will receive his instructions and make his 
reports direct to Headquarters of the Cavalry Corps. 

IV. ..The office of Chief of Cavalry at the Headquarters of the 
different Departments in this Division is abolished, and the Chiefs 
of Cavalry will report to their Department Commanders for other 
assignment. 



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v.. .Brevet Major General Wilson will reorganize the forces under 
his command, and will bring into the field the greatest number of 
mounted troops possible. Department and other Commanders will 
give such assistance as will insure the execution of this order with 
the least possible delay. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

|- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 104. J In the Field, GaylesviUe, Ala., 

October 26, 1864. 

I. ..Major General Stanley will move his entire corps, wagons, 
Artillery, sick, and everything to Chattanooga, and report for orders 
to Major General Thomas. He will move his troops via Alpine, 
Winstons, &c., to Chattanooga or Bridgeport, according to the 
intelligence that reaches him of the enemy. He should send all 
wheels, not absolutely necessary, to Chattanooga under small guard, 
via Lafayette. Any surplus provisions he may have on hand he will 
turn over to the 14th Corps. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 105. j l7i the Field, GaylesviUe, Ala,, 

October 26, 1864. 

In the event of military movements or the accidents of war sepa- 
rating the General in command from his Military Division, Major 
General Geo. H. Thomas, commanding the Department of the 
Cumberland, will exercise command over all troops and garrisons 
not absolutely in the presence of the General-in-Chief. The Com- 
manding Generals of the Departments and Armies of the Ohio and 
Tennessee will forthwith send abstracts of their returns to General 
Thomas at Nashville, in order that he may understand the position 
and distribution of the troops, and General Thomas may call for 



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such further reports as he may require, disturbing the actual condi- 
tion of affairs and mixing up the troops of separate Departments as 
little as possible consistent with the interests of the service. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 107. J In the Field, Gaylesville, Ala., 

October 27, 1864. 

I. ..Pursuant to instructions of the War Department, by telegraph, 
under date of October 23, Major Chambliss is recognized as the 
Inspector of Cavalry for the Military Division of the Mississippi, 
and Brigadier General R. W. Johnson is relieved from that duty. 

II. ..Brigadier General Johnson will report to Major General 
Geo. H. Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland, for 
assignment to other duty. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 108. J Li the Field, GaylesHlle, Ala., 

October 28, 1864. 

The armies will move to-morrow on Rome as follows, commenc- 
ing the movement this evening, so as to reach their designated 
points to-morrow: — 

I. ..The Army of the Ohio will cross the Coosa at Cedartown, and 
move by the most direct route to Rome. 

II... The Army of the Tennessee will also cross the Coosa at 
Cedartown, and move to Vans Valley. The Cavalry of General 
Garrard will follow the Army of the Tennessee and act in concert 
with it. 

III. ..The 14th Corps, Brevet Major General Davis commanding, 
will move via Gaylesville and the direct Rome road on the north of 



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the Coosa, but will not leave Gaylesville until the morning of the 
29th. The rear guard will completely destroy the pontoon bridge 
across the Coosa at Cedartown. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 109. J In the Field, Rome, Ga., October 29, 1864. 

I... Captain George S. Doane, Aide-de-Camp, and Lieutenant 
J. D. Treadway, Aide-de-Camp, will proceed to Chicago, Illinois, 
in charge of the body and effects of Brigadier General T. E. G. 
Ransom, deceased. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish 
the necessary transportation, including two servants and the horses 
of the deceased. 

Having fulfilled this duty, the officers above named will return and 

join their proper commands. 

* * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 110. J In the Field, Rome, Ga., October 30, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General Z. B. Tower, United States Volunteers, is 
hereby appointed Inspector General of fortifications in this Military 
Division. He will at his discretion visit and inspect the works that 
need his attention, and will make all necessary orders, in the name 
of the Commanding General, to local commanders and commanders 
of districts, as to the work to be done. He will also control the 
estimates of all Engineers charged with the construction of works 
of a permanent nature, and define what part should be done by hired 
labor and what by the troops at hand. 

* * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 111. J In the Field, Rome, Ga., October 30, 1864. 

I. ..Major General J. M. Schofield will move his corps to Resaeca, 
and relieve all troops along the railroad belonging to the 14th and 
15th Corps, and order them to join their proper divisions by Kings- 
ton. He will cover the railroad during the movement of the trains, 
and report for further instructions to Major General Geo. H. 
Thomas, at Nashville, both by telegraph and letter. 

n... Brevet Major General Jeff. C. Davis will move his corps to 
Kingston, and there await further orders. 

III... Major General O. 0. Howard, with the Cavalry, will move 
his army by easy marches to Dallas and Smyrna Camp Ground, 
reporting his position as often as possible, en route, that orders may 
reach him via Alatoona and Marietta. 

IV. ..AH detachments and recruits wall join their respective corps 
at once by the most direct route. 

v.. .Brigadier General Jno. E. Smith will assemble his division at 
Cartersville and Alatoona, and Brigadier General Jno. M. Corse 
will hold his at Rome until further orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 



y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 



No. 112. J In the Field, Borne, Ga., 

November 1, 18G4. 

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II... Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry 

Corps, will proceed to mount the dismounted men of his command, 

and will report in person to Major General Geo. H. Thomas for 

instructions. 

III... Major Henry Hitchcock, Assistant Adjutant General of Vol- 
unteers, is hereby announced as a member of the personal staff of 
the General-in-Chief, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 

^ * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 113. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., 

November 3, 1864. 

I. ..Captain L. M. Todd, C. S., will at once relieve all recruits 
and detachments now forming his cattle guard, and order them to 
report without delay to their respective commands. Brevet Major 
General J. C. Davis will furnish Captain Todd with a small regiment 
to act as cattle guard until further orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 114. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., 

November 4, 1864. 

I... Commanding Generals of the 14th, loth, 17th, and 20th Army 
Corps will forthwith cause full estimates for winter clothing of their 
commands to be made, and transmit them, by a Quartermaster, to 
Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster, at 
Atlanta, that the clothing may be set apart and issued without delay 
or confusion on the army reaching that neighborhood. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Cami). 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 115. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 4, 1864. 

I. ..In view of the contemplated movement, the Commanding 
Generals of the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Corps will hold their 
commands prepared on short notice to march, provided with as 
much bread, salt, sugar, coflfee, and ammunition as they can trans- 
port with their present means, each corps independent of all others 
and independent of the general supply train. All camp and gar- 
rison equipage, boxes, chests, trunks, or anything whatsoever 



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tending to overload wagons or to impede rapid movements, will at 
once be sent to the rear by railroad, if transportation can be had ; 
else prepared for destruction about the time of departure. 

II. ..The general plan of movement will be as follows : As much 
notice as possible will be given in advance to General Easton at 
Atlanta and General Steadman at Chattanooga, who are charged 
with the responsibility of causing all the rolling stock of the railroad 
to be removed to and north of Resacca, from which point General 
Steadman will cover its removal into Chattanooga. The railroad 
lying between Resacca and Etowah bridge will be left substantially 
undisturbed. The bridge at Resacca and the iron north of it will 
be removed by cars into Chattanooga and stored for future use. 
The railroad from the Etowah bridge into Atlanta will be destroyed. 
The 14th Corps will be charged with the destruction of that road 
from Etowah to Big Shanty ; the 15th and 17th Corps with that from 
Kenesaw to Chattahoochee bridge, and the 20th Corps from the 
Chattahoochee into and including Atlanta. 

III. ..On receiving the order to march, the troops embraced in 
this order will be put in motion from their present camps, each 
corps to its appointed task, sending forward its supply train to 
Atlanta, to be loaded up for its contemplated march. Having done 
the work prescribed, in the most summary manner, the troops will 
be pushed forward to Atlanta, the Army of the Cumberland in 
Atlanta, the Army of the Tennessee about Whitehall. The army 
commanders are enjoined to observe as much caution and secrecy 
as is possible, and to act with the utmost energy, as after our rail- 
road communication is broken every hour of our time is essential 
to success. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

|- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 117. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 7, 1864. 

I... Captain A. Mordecai, United States Ordnance Corps, is hereby 
relieved from duty with the Army of the Ohio, and will report to 
Major General Geo. H. Thomas as Senior and Supervising Ordnance 
Officer for the army under his command. He will have the control 



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and supervision of the depots at Nashville and Chattanooga, and 
will receive instructions from Captain T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ord- 
nance Military Division of the Mississippi. 

II. ..1st Lieutenant James W. Reilley, United States Ordnance 
Corps, is hereby relieved from duty with the Department and Army 
of the Tennessee, and will report to Captain A. Mordecai for assign- 
ment to duty as Chief of Ordnance Army of the Ohio. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I" MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 118. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 8, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger, United States Volun- 
teers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the Cumber- 
land to the Department of the Ohio, and will report in person to 
Major General J. M. Schofield, commanding. 

He will take with him his personal staff — 

1st Lieutenant George L. Binney, 2d Regiment Massachusetts 
Infantry, Volunteers. 

2d Lieutenant E. G. Fay, 107th Regiment New York Infantry, 
Volunteers. 

II. ..The Quartermaster's Department will furnish General Ruger 
and staff transportation to Nashville, Tennessee. 

* » * -Sfr * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 119. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 8, 1864. 



I. ..The General commanding deems it proper at this time to 
inform the officers and men of the 14th, loth, 17th, and 20th Corps, 
that he has organized them into an army for a special purpose, well 
known to the War Department and to General Grant. It is suffi- 
cient for you to know that it involves a departure from our present 



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base, and a long and difficult march to a new one. All the chances 
of war have been considered and provided for, as far as human 
sagacity can. All he asks of you is to maintain that discipline, 
patience and courage, which have characterized you in the past : 
and he hopes, through you, to strike a blow at our enemy that will 
have a material effect in producing what we all so much desire — his 
complete overthrow. Of all things the most important is, that the 
men, during marches and in camp, keep their places and not scatter 
about as stragglers or foragers, to be picked up by a hostile people 
in detail. It is also of the utmost importance that our wagons 
should not be loaded with anything but provisions and ammunition. 
All surplus servants, non-combatants and refugees, should now go 
to the rear, and none should be encouraged to encumber us on the 
march. At some future time we will be enabled to provide for the 
poor whites and blacks who seek to escape the bondage under which 
they are now suffering. With these few simple cautions in your 
minds, he hopes to lead you to achievements equal in importance to 
those of the past. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 120. j In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 9, 1864. 

I. ..For the purpose of military operations this army is divided 
into two wings, viz: — 

The right wing. Major General 0. 0. Howard commanding, the 
15th and 17th Corps. 

The left wing. Major General H. W. Slocum commanding, the 
14th and 20th Corps. 

II. ..The habitual order of march will be, wherever practicable, 
by four roads, as near parallel as possible, and converging at points 
hereafter indicated in orders. The Cavalry, Brigadier General 
Kilpatrick commanding, will receive special orders from the Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 

III. ..There will be no general train of supplies, but each corps 
will have its ammunition train and provision train, distributed 
habitually as follows : behind each regiment should follow one 



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wagon and one ambulance ; behind each brigade should follow a 
due proportion of ammunition wagons, provision wagons and 
ambulances. In case of danger, each Army Corps Commander 
should change this order of march, by having his advance and rear 
brigades unencumbered by wheels. The separate columns will start 
habitually at 7 a. m. and make about fifteen miles per day, unless 
otherwise fixed in orders. 

IV. ..The army will forage liberally on the country during the 
march. To this end, each Brigade Commander will organize a good 
and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more 
discreet officers, who will gather, near the route traveled, corn or 
forage of any kind, meat of any kind, vegetables, corn meal, or 
whatever is needed by the command, aiming at all times to keep in 
the wagons at least ten days' provisions for the command, and three 
days' forage. Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabi- 
tants or commit any trespass, but during a halt or a camp, they may 
be permitted to gather turnips, potatoes and other vegetables, and 
to drive in stock in sight of their camp. To regular foraging par- 
ties must be intrusted the gathering of provisions and forage at any 
distance from the road traveled. 

v.. .To Army Corps Commanders alone is intrusted the power to 
destroy mills, houses, cotton gins, &c. ; and for them this general 
principle is laid down : in districts and neighborhoods where the 
army is unmolested, no destruction of such property should be j)er- 
mitted ; but should guerrillas or bushwhackers molest our march, 
or should the inhabitants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise 
manifest local hostility, then Army Commanders should order and 
enforce a devastation more or less relentless, according to the 
measure of such hostility. 

VI... As for horses, mules, wagons, &c., belonging to the inhabit- 
ants, the Cavalry and Artillery may appropriate freely and without 
limits ; discriminating, however, between the rich, who are usually 
hostile, and the poor or industrious, usually neutral or friendly. 
Foraging parties may also take mules or horses to replace the jaded 
animals of their trains, or to serve as pack mules for the regiments 
or brigades. In all foraging, of whatever kind, the parties engaged 
will refrain from abusive or threatening language, and may, where 



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the officer in command thinks projDer, give written certificates of the 
facts, but no receipts ; and they will endeavor to leave with each 
family a reasonable portion for their maintenance. 

VII. ..Negroes who are able-bodied and can be of service to the 
several columns, may be taken along ; but each Army Commander 
will bear in mind that the question of supplies is a very important 
one, and that his first duty is to see to them who bear arms. 

VIII. ..The organization, at once, of a good pioneer battalion for 
each Army Corps, composed, if possible, of negroes, should be 
attended to. This battalion should follow the advance guard, should 
repair roads and double them if possible, so that the columns will 
not be delayed after reaching bad places. Also, Army Commanders 
should study the habit of giving the Artillery and wagons the road, 
and marching their troops on one side ; and also instruct their troops 
to assist wagons at steep hills or bad crossings of streams. 

IX... Captain 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will assign to each wing 
of the army a pontoon train, fully equipped and organized ; and the 
commanders thereof will see to its being properly protected at all 
times. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 122. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 11, 1864. 



I... Major General Thomas, commanding Department of the Cum- 
berland, will organize into battalions all officers, recruits, and fur- 
loughed men now in the Department of the Cumberland, or who 
may arrive there, belonging to the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Corps, 
keeping them as far as possible distinct by corps, and in reserve 
until further orders. 

II. ..Brigadier General N. J. Jackson, United States Volunteers, 
having reported for duty, is hereby assigned to the Department of 
the Cumberland, and will report by telegraph to Major General 
Thomas, commanding, and in person to Major General Slocum, 
commanding 20th Corps, for immediate assignment to duty. 



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III... Brigadier General Thos. F. Meagher, United States Volun- 
teers, is hereby assigned to the Department of the Cumberland, and 
will report to Major General Geo. H. Thomas for orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 123. J In the Field, Kingston, Ga., Nov. 11, 1864. 

I. ..Brigadier General W. F. Barry, Chief of Artillery, being too 
unwell to make the proposed march, will, accompanied by his per- 
sonal staff. Assistant Adjutant General, proceed to Louisville, Ken- 
tucky, for rest and treatment. The Quartermaster's Department 
will furnish him transportation. 

Leave of absence for twenty (20) days is hereby granted General 
Barry, to take eflFect when his health will enable him to travel, at 
the expiration of which he will join the General commanding 
wherever he may be. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 124.- J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14, 1864. 

The armies will begin the movement on Milledgeville and Gordon 
to-morrow, the 15th November, as follows: — 

I... The right wing will move via McDonough and Monticello to 
Gordon. 

II. ..The left wing. General Slocum's, will move via Covington, 
Social Circle, and Madison to Milledgeville, destroying the railroad 
in a most thorough manner from Yellow River to Madison. 

III. ..The Cavalry, General Kilpatrick commanding, will move in 
concert with the right wing, feigning strong in the direction of 
Forsyth and Macon, but will cross the Ocmulgee on the pontoon 
bridge of General Howard. 



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IV. ..Each column will aim to reach its destination, viz: Gordon 
and Milledgeville, on the seventh days' march, and each army com- 
mander will, on arrival, communicate with the other wing and the 
Commanding General, who will accompany the left wing. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 125. J In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15, 18G4. 

I... Surgeon John Moore, United States Volunteers, is hereby 
announced as Chief Medical Director of this army, and will be 
obeyed and respected accordingly. 

^ ^ ^ * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. xM. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 127. J In the Field, Milledgeville, G a., 

November 23, 1864. 

The first movement of this army having proved perfectly success- 
ful, and the weather now being fine, the following will constitute the 
second stage of the campaign, and the movement will commence to- 
morrow, November 24th: — 

I... General Kilpatrick, with his Cavalry command unencumbered 
by wagons, will move via Milledgeville by the most practicable 
route eastward, break the railroad between Millen and Augusta, then 
turn and strike the railroad below Millen ; after which he will use 
air possible effort to rescue our prisoners of war now confined near 
Millen. He will communicate back to the wings of the army, as 
often as it is safe, any information of roads and the enemy that may 
be of interest to them. 

II. ..The right wing, General Howard, will move substantially 
along, but south of the railroad, to a point opposite Sandersville, 
breaking up and destroying, in the most thorough manner, the rail- 
road and telegraph ; at which points further orders will be issued. 



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III. ..The left wing, General Slocum, will move directly from Mil- 
ledgeville to the railroad opposite Sandersville, and at once com- 
mence destroying the railroad forward to the Ogeechee. 

IV... Great attention should be paid to the destruction of this road, 
as it is of vital importance to our cause. Besides burning bridges 
and trestles, the iron should be carefully twisted and warped, so that 
it will be impossible to ever use it again ; to this end the rate of 
travel will be reduced to ten miles a day. 

v.. .Increased attention must be given to the care of trains, for it 
is known that the enemy intends to harrass our march by means of 
Cavalry, and we should aim to punish him severely for a first attempt, 
as it will deter him from repeating it. Also, more attention must 
be paid to the subject of foraging. None but the regular organized 
foraging parties should be allowed to depart from the right and left 
of the road, and the foraging parties themselves should, in addition 
to former instructions, be instructed to capture wagons to bring 
their plunder to camp, after which the wagons should be burned. 
All the useless wagons, ox-teams, &c., which encumber our trains 
should now be destroyed, and the commander of any brigade is 
hereby authorized to destroy any wagon that delays the march or 
opens a gap in the column, no matter to whom it belongs ; and gen- 
erally, the troops should be distributed along the trains, as we have 
no large enemy to threaten, and nothing but dashes of Cavalry at 
our flanks. Advance guards should be strengthened, attended by a 
pioneer corps prepared to construct temporary bridges, in case of 
their destruction by the enemy ; and wherever any such obstruction 
occurs, the commanding officer of the troops present on the spot 
will deal harshly with the inhabitants near by to show them that it 
is to their interest not to impede our movements ; should the enemy 
burn forage and corn on our route, houses, barns and cotton-gins 
must also be burned to keep them company. 

VI. ..The General-in-Chief will accompany the left wing until it 
reaches Sandersville, when he will join the Army of the Tennessee. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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General Orders ] HEADQUARTEPtS, 

[■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 30. J Naslwille, Tenn., December 2, 1864. 

So much of paragraph I, General Orders No. 22, current series, 
from these Headquarters, as refers to the forwarding of refugees to 
points north of the Ohio River at the expense of the United States, 
is amended so as to include Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as a point to 
which transportation may be furnished by water. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 

Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 128. J In the Field, Ogeechee Church, Ga., 

December 6, 1864. 

I. ..Each army corps commander will, on the receipt of this order, 
collect from his command one hundred (100) horses, the best adapted 
to Cavalry uses, together with a sufficient number of mounted 
negroes to lead them, and dispatch them to General Slocura's Head- 
quarters for delivery to the Cavalry command of General Kilpatrick. 

General Slocum's command is at this moment near the inter- 
section of the road running through Statesboro and Armenia to 
Halley's Ferry on the Savannah River, about six miles north of 
Ogeechee Church, and will march by the middle road towards 
Springfield. 

II. ..The officer charged with these horses will be instructed to 
deliver them to any officer whom General Kilpatrick may appoint 
to receive them. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY division OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 129. ) In the Field, Pooler' s Station, Ga., 

December 9, 1864. 

I. ..Especial attention is called to paragraph V, Special Field 
Orders No. 17, and all persons, unauthorized, riding horses should 
at once be dismounted, and the animals turned over for Cavalry use. 



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II. ..Brigadier General Kilpatrick is authorized to organize a 
patrol to seize all horses and mules ridden by any persons without 
authority of law, or who may be away from their proper commands, 
appropriating such animals for the use of his Cavalry command. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 130. J In the Field, neai' Savannah, Ga., 

December 10, 1864. 

The army having arrived before Savannah, will proceed to invest 
the place and to open up communication with our fleet in Ossabaw 
and Wassaw Sounds. 

I. ..The left wing. Major General Slocum, will make a left flank 
near the Savannah River, above the city, and extend round to a 
point near the plank road. He is also charged with the utter 
destruction of the Savannah and Charleston railroad, back to and 
including the Savannah River bridge, as also the Central Georgia 
road, from his line back to Pooler's. 

One battalion of the 1st Regiment Michigan Engineers and Me- 
chanics will be ordered to report to General Slocum to twist the 
rails. 

II. ..The right wing, Major General Howard, will extend from 
General Slocum" s right to the Savannah River, below the city, or 
to the Shell road. General Howard is also charged with opening 
communication with the fleet and the destruction of the Gulf rail- 
road back to and including the Ogeechee River bridge. 

III... Captain 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will forthwith cause 
thorough reconnoissances to be made, so as to compile an approxi- 
mate map for the use of army commanders, and will also cause 
roads to be examined and opened to facilitate communication with 
the diff"erent parts of it. 

IV... Brigadier General Kilpatrick, commanding Cavalry, will 
watch all roads to the rear, and also assist General Howard in 
opening communication with the fleet, and Army and Corps Com- 



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manders will at once overhaul their trains and be prepared, on short 
notice, to send to the fleet everything not absolutely required for 
our success. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 

Special Field Orders j HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 131. J In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., 

December 13, 1864. 

The General-in-Chief announces with pleasure that to-day, at 
half past four p. m., the 2d Division 15th Array Corps assaulted 
Fort McAllister and carried the place, capturing its entire garrison 
and armament, giving hira full communication with the fleet and 
the army of Major General Foster. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 133. J In the Field, near Savannah, Ga., 

December 16, 1864. 

I... Captain 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will cause all the rail- 
roads leading out of Savannah to be most thoroughly destroyed ; 
the Charleston road as far as, and if possible including, the bridge 
over the Savannah River ; the Macon road as far as Station IJ, and 
the Gulf road as far as, and including, the Ogeechee River bridge. 

n... Major General Howard will dispatch two (2) divisions without 
wagons to destroy the Gulf road as far as the Altamaha River bridge, 
and exhaust the country, in that direction, of supplies. General 
Kilpatrick, with his Cavalry, will cover this working force, and 
co-operate with it. 

nL..The depot of supplies is for the present at King's bridge. 
General Easton, Chief Quartermaster, may use his discretion in 
landing supplies at Fort McAllister and the Rice Mill. 



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IV. ..Army commanders will forthwith send to General Easton, 
Chief Quartermaster, at King's bridge, all negroes, horses, mules, 
and wagons rendered surplus by our change in operations, or to such 
points on the Ogeechee River as General Easton may indicate, in 
order that they may be sent to Port Royal Island, where they can 
be more easily supplied. They will also avail themselves of the 
present favorable weather to bring forward ten (10) days' food, and 
will reserve for that purpose enough wagons to handle them ; all 
other wagons must be sent to the Ogeechee River as soon as possible. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



General Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 32. J Nashville, Tenn., December I'd, 1864. 

I. ..All abandoned or confiscable lands, houses and tenements, or 
Other property, not required for military uses, will be turned over 
by officers of the Quartermaster's Department, or others having 
possession of the same, to the agents of the Treasury Department 
charged with the custody thereof Upon the cessation of the occu- 
pation or use, for military purposes, of any such property, it will be 
turned over to the treasury agents, together with any information 
which may be useful in its care or management, or which may affect 
the rights of the United States, or of others interested in the 
property. 

II. ..No abandoned or confiscable property will be occupied or 
used by persons in the military service, except on regular assign- 
ment by the Quartermasters Department. 

III. ..District and post commanders in this Military Division will, 
from time to time, render to the officers and agents of the Treasury 
Department such assistance, not incompatible with military opera- 
tions, as they may need to enable them to take possession of aban- 
doned and confiscable property, and to retain the same against any 
authority except that of the United States. 

By order of Major General VV. T. Sherman: 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 139. J Lithe Field, Savannah, Ga., Dec. 23, 1864. 

Savannah being now in our possession, and the river partially 
cleared out, and measures having been taken to remove all obstruc- 
tions, veil! at once be made a grand depot for future operations. 

I. ..The Chief Quartermaster, General Easton, will, after giving 
the necessary orders touching the transports in Ogeechee River and 
Ossabaw Sound, come in person to Savannah, and take possession 
of all public buildings, all vacant storerooms, warehouses, &c., that 
may be now or hereafter needed for any department of the army. 

No rents will be paid by the Government of the United States 
during the war, and all buildings must be distributed according to 
the accustomed rules of the Quartermaster's Department as though 
they were public property. 

II. ..The Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Colonel A. Beckwith, 
will transfer the grand depot of the army to the city of Savannah, 
secure possession of the needful buildings and offices, and give the 
necessary orders, to the end that the army may be supplied abun- 
dantly and well. 

III. ..The Chief Engineer, Captain Poe, will at once direct which 
of the enemy's forts are to be retained for our use, and which dis- 
mantled and destroyed ; and the Chief Ordnance Officer, Captain 
Baylor, will, in like manner, take possession of all property per- 
taining to his Department captured from the enemy, and cause the 
same to be collected and carried to points of security ; all the 
heavy coast guns will be dismounted and carried to Fort Pulaski. 

IV. ..The troops, for the present, will be grouped about the city of 
Savannah, looking to the convenience of camps: General Slocum 
taking from the Savannah River around to about the seven- mile post 
on the canal, and General Howard from thence to the sea; General 
Kilpatrick will hold King's bridge until Fort McAllister is dis- 
mantled and the troops withdrawn from the south side of the Ogee- 
chee, when he will take post about Anderson's plantation, on the 
plank road, and picket all the roads leading from the north and 
west. 

v.. .General Howard will keep a small guard at Forts Rosedale, 
Beaulieu, Wimberly, Thunderbolt and Bonaventure ; and he will 



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cause that shore and Skidaway Island to be examined very closely, 
with a view to finding many and convenient points for the embarka- 
tion of troops and wagons on sea-going vessels. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 141. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

December 24, 1864. 

I... General Easton, Chief Quartermaster, is charged with the 
general responsibility of public property in the city. He will take 
possession of all cotton and other Quartermaster's stores ; he will 
also assign quarters to officers and troops, and designate such build- 
ings, lots, &c., for public use, and have full control thereof. Officers 
serving with troops will not be allowed to occupy buildings in the 
city, unless the troops are also doing duty in the city ; and Corps, 
Division and Brigade Quartermasters and Commissaries will not be 
allowed to establish themselves at any depot, in the city or elsewhere, 
except upon consultation with the Chief Quartermaster or Chief 
Commissary of Subsistence. The occupation and use of buildings or 
rooms for amusement will be regulated by General Easton, and no 
private property will be removed from buildings or made use of by 
officers or troops, except by consent of him. 

II. ..The Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Colonel Beckwith, will 
take possession of all subsistence stores and be charged with their 
distribution, as also the supplying of destitute families, conferring 
with the mayor of the city as regards the necessities, &c.; and army 
commanders will not make issues directly. 

III... Corps Commanders will furnish the Chief Quartermaster 
five hundred (500) men each, in regiments, for guard and fatigue 
duty. They will also use all effort to supply him with a force of 
negroes for labor. Recruiting agents are forbid recruiting negroes 
for military service, as all are wanted for labor. 



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IV. ..The Provost Marshal's Department, under the direction of 
the commanding officer of the post, is charged with the mainte- 
nance of good order in the city and the guarding of prisoners, and 
has nothing to do with property. Passes within the city limits will 
not be required. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 142. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

December 25, 1864. 



HI... Brigadier General Kilpatrick will designate some officer of 
the 3d Regiment Kentucky Cavalry, Volunteers, who will, through 
his direction, under this order, take command of the non-veteran 
officers and enlisted men belonging to Kentucky regiments serving 
with him, and who are entitled to be mustered out of service by 
reason of expiration of term of service, and proceed to Louisville, 
Kentucky, to be mustered out of service according to law. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

> military DIVISIOX of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 143. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

December 26, 1864. 

The City of Savannah and surrounding country will be held as a 
military post and adapted to future military uses, but as it contains 
a population of some twenty thousand people, who must be provided 
for, and as other citizens may come, it is proper to lay down certain 
general principles, that all within its military jurisdiction may under- 
stand their relative duties and obligations. 

I. ..During war the military is superior to civil authority, and, 
where interests clash, the civil must give way ; yet, where there is 
no conflict, every encouragement should be given to well-disposed 
and peaceful inhabitants to resume their usual pursuits. Families 



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should be disturbed as little as possible in their residences, and 
tradesmen allowed the free use of their shops, tools, &c. Churches, 
schools, and all places of amusement and recreation should be 
encouraged, and streets and roads made perfectly safe to persons in 
their pursuits. Passes should not be exacted within the line of 
outer pickets, but if any person shall abuse these privileges by com- 
municating with the enemy or doing any act of hostility to the Gov- 
ernment of the United States, he or she will be punished with the 
utmost rigor of the law. 

Commerce with the outer world will be resumed to an extent 
commensurate with the interests of the citizens, governed by the 
restrictions and rules of the Treasury Department. 

II. ..The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the army may 
give suitable employment to the people, white and black, or trans- 
port them to such points as they may choose where employment can 
be had ; and may extend temporary relief in the way of provisions 
and vacant houses to the worthy and needy until such time as they 
can help themselves. They will select first the buildings for the 
necessary uses of the army; next, a sufficient number of stores, to 
be turned over to the Treasury agent for trade stores. All vacant 
storehouses or dwellings, and all buildings belonging to absent 
rebels, will be construed and used as belonging to the United States 
until such times as their titles can be settled by the courts of the 
United States. 

III. ..The mayor and city council of Savannah will continue and 
exercise their functions as such, and will, in concert with the com- 
manding officer of the post and the Chief Quartermaster, see that 
the fire comp'anies are kept in organization, the streets cleaned and 
lighted, and keep up a good understanding between the citizens and 
soldiers. They will ascertain and report to the Chief Commissary 
of Subsistence, as soon as possible, the names and number of worthy 
families that need assistance and support. 

The mayor will forthwith give public notice that the time has come 
when all must choose their course, viz : to remain within our lines 
and conduct themselves as good citizens, or depart in peace. He 
will ascertain the names of all who choose to leave Savannah, and 
report their names and residence to the Chief Quartermaster, that 
measures may be taken to transport them beyond the lines. 



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IV... Not more than two newspapers will be published in Savan- 
nah, and their editors and proprietors will be held to the strictest 
accountability, and will be punished severely in person and property 
lor any libelous publication, mischievous matter, premature news, 
exaggerated statements, or any comments whatever upon the acts of 
the constituted authorities ; they will be held accountable even for 
such articles, though copied from other papers. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 144. j Inthe Field, Savannah, Ga., Bee. 27, 1864. ' 

I. ..Surgeon Frederick Lloyd, United States Volunteers, is hereby 
relieved from duty as 'Surgeon-in- Chief of the 3d Division, 14th 
Army Corps, and will report to Surgeon John Moore, Chief Medical 
Director of the army, for assignment to duty. 

II. ..From the necessity of the case, the existing orders (Circular 
75, current series) of the War Department, relative to the mustering 
out of service of officers belonging to veteran regiments, is modified 
to this extent: all officers entitled to be mustered out will be mus- 
tered out and honorably discharged according to such orders, except 
that one field officer to each regiment, and one officer to each com- 
pany, will be held to service until the Governor of their respective 
States can commission others, when they will also be mustered 
out and honorably discharged. 

•5^ * ^ * -x- 

XI. ..The general and business Headquarters of this Military 
Division will be moved from Nashville, Tennessee, to Savannah, 
Georgia, under direction of Brigadier General J. D. Webster. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

j- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 145. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

December 28, 1864. 



v.. .Captain 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, is hereby authorized, in 
the execution of instructions, to build a line of defense for the City 
of Savannah, to remove or destroy buildings of any character, or 
to give orders for the removal of any camps of troops or other 
obstacles in the way, and commanders of troops will assist Captain 
Poe as much as is possible in the removal of camps that may inter- 
fere with his proposed line. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman 



L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 148. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

December 31, 1864. 

I. ..The work of constructing the "fortifications of Savannah " 
will commence at once under the supervision of Captain Poe, Chief 
Engineer, and the line will be divided into two divisions, the Ogee- 
chee road being the dividing line ; and he is authorized to call upon 
army commanders for such details for labor as he may require. 

Major General Slocum,. commanding left wing, will furnish details 
to Captain Poe for that part of the work north of and between the 
Ogeechee road and Savannah River ; and Major General Howard, 
commanding right wing, will furnish details for the work south of 
the Ogeechee road. 

^ * ^ -x- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



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Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 1. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

January 2, 1865. 



III. ..Lieutenant Colonel Charles Ewing, Inspector General, will 
proceed as bearer of dispatches to Hilton Head, thence to Old Point 
Comfort and City Point, and thence to Washington, D. C. Having 
received answers to his dispatches, he will avail himself of the 
earliest opportunity to return to these Headquarters, wherever they 
may be. 

***** 

v., .Major General 0. 0. Howard, commanding Army of the 
Tennessee, will move the 17th Corps to Port Royal Island. All 
details and detachments from this Corps will join their command at 
once. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Camp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 6. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8, 1865. 

The General commanding announces to the troops composing the 
Military Division of the Mississippi that he has received from the 
President of the United States, and from Lieutenant General Grant, 
letters conveying their high sense and appreciation of the campaign 
just closed, resulting in the capture of Savannah and the defeat of 
Hood's army in Tennessee. 

In order that all may understand the importance of events, it is 
proper to revert to the situation of affairs in September last. We 
held Atlanta, a city of little value to us, but so important to the 
enemy that Mr. Davis, the head of the rebellious faction in the 
South, visited his army near Palmetto and commanded it to regain 
it, as well as to ruin and destroy us, by a series of measures which 
he thought would be effectual. That army, by a rapid march, 
gained our railroad near Big Shanty, and afterwards about Dalton. 
We pursued it, but it moved so rapidly that we could not overtake 



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it, and General Hood led his army successfully far over towards 
Mississippi, in hope to decoy us out of Georgia. But we were not 
thus to be led away by him, and preferred to lead and control events 
ourselves. Generals Thomas and Schofield, commanding the De- 
partments to our rear, returned to their posts and prepared to decoy 
General Hood into their meshes whilst we came on to complete the 
original journey. We quietly and deliberately destroyed Atlanta, 
and all the railroads which the enemy had used to carry on war 
against us, occupied his State capitol, and then captured his com- 
mercial capitol, which had been so strongly fortified from the sea as 
to defy approach from that quarter. Almost at the moment of our 
victorious entry into Savannah, came the welcome and expected 
news that our comrades in Tennessee had also fulfilled nobly and 
well their part, had decoyed General Hood to Nashville and then 
turned on him, defeating his army thoroughly, capturing all his 
artillery, great numbers of prisoners, and were still pursuing the 
fragments down into Alabama. So complete a success in military 
operations, extending over half a continent, is an achievement that 
entitles it to a place in the military history of the world. The 
armies serving in Georgia and Tennessee, as well as the local garri- 
sons of Decatur, Bridgeport, Chattanooga, and Murfreesboro, are 
alike entitled to the common honors, and each regiment may 
inscribe on its colors at pleasure the words " Savannah^ ^ or " Nash- 
ville.^^ The General commanding embraces, in the same general 
success, the operations of the Cavalry column under Generals 
Stoneman, Burbridge, and Gillem, that penetrated into Southwest 
Virginia and paralyzed the efforts of the enemy to disturb the peace 
and safety of East Tennessee. Instead of being put on the defensive, 
we have at all points assumed the bold offensive, and completely 
thwarted the designs of the enemies of our country. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide- de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 7. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. 

I. ..The 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry, Volunteers, Colonel 
George E. Spencer commanding, is hereby relieved from duty with 



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the Department and Army of the Tennessee, and is assigned to the 
Cavalry Division of Brigadier General J. Kilpatrick. Colonel 
Spencer will report to General Kilpatrick for instructions. 

* * * -x- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide de- Camp. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 10. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12, 1865. 

I. ..Brevet Brigadier General L. C. Easton, Chief Quartermaster, 
will turn over to Simeon Draper, esq., agent of the U. S. Treasury 
Department, all cotton now in the City of Savannah, prize of war, 
taking his receipt for the same in gross for quantity and returning 
for it to the Quartermaster General. He will also afford Mr. Draper 
all the facilities in his power in the way of transportation, labor, &c., 
to enable him to handle the cotton with expedition. 

II... General Easton will also turn over to Mr. Draper the custom- 
house, and such other buildings in the city of Savannah as he may 
need in the execution of his office. 

* -S- vr -X- * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Aide-de-Catnp. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[ military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 12. J Lithe Field, Savannah, Ga., 

January 14, 1865. 

It being represented that the Confederate army and armed bands 
of robbers, acting professedly under the authority of the Confed- 
erate Government, are harrassing the people of Georgia and endeav- 
oring to intimidate them in the efforts they are making to secure to 



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themselves provisions, clothing, security to life and property, and 
the restoration of law and good government in the State, it is hereby 
ordered and made public — 

I. ..That the farmers of Georgia may bring into Savannah, Fer- 
nandina, or Jacksonville, Florida, marketing such as beef, pork, 
mutton, vegetables of any kind, fish, &c., as well as cotton in small 
quantities, and sell the same in open market, except the cotton, 
which must be sold by or through the Treasury agents, and may 
invest the proceeds in family stores, such as bacon and flour in 
reasonable quantities, groceries, shoes and clothing, and articles 
not contraband of war, and carry the same back to their families. 
No trade stores will be attempted in the interior, or stocks of goods 
sold for them, but families may club together for mutual assistance 
and protection in coming and going. 

II. ..The people are encouraged to meet together in peaceful 
assemblage to discuss measures looking to their safety and good 
government, and the restoration of State and National authority, 
and will be protected by the National army when so doing, and all 
peaceable inhabitants who satisfy the commanding officers that they 
are earnestly laboring to that end, must not only be left undis- 
turbed in property and person, but must be protected as far as 
possible consistent with the military operations. If any farmer or 
peaceable inhabitant is molested by the enemy, viz : the Confederate 
army or guerrillas, because of his friendship for the National Gov- 
ernment, the perpetrator, if caught, will be summarily punished or 
his family made to suffer for the outrage ; but if the crime cannot 
be traced to the actual party, then retaliation will be made on the 
adherents to the cause of the rebellion ; should a Union man be 
murdered, then a rebel, selected by lot, will be shot; or if a Union 
family be persecuted on account of the cause, a rebel family will 
be banished to a foreign land. In aggravated cases, retaliation will 
be extended as high as five for one. All commanding officers will 
act promptly in such cases, and report their action after the retal- 
iation is done. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 13. J • In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

January 15, 1865. 

The Department of the South having been placed within the 
sphere of this command, and it being highly desirable that one 
uniform policy prevail touching commerce and intercourse with the 
inhabitants of the South, the following general rules and principles 
will be adhered to, unless modified by law or the orders of the War 
Department: 

I... Commerce with foreign nations, or in an enlarged sense, can- 
not be permitted or undertaken until the National authority is 
established to an extent that will give the necessary courts and 
offices to control and manage such matters. Trade will be confined 
to a limited barter and sale proportioned to the necessary wants of 
the army, and of the inhabitants dependent on it for the necessaries 
of life ; and even that trade must be kept subject to strict military 
control or surveillance. 

II. -Trade stores will be permitted at Beaufort, Hilton Head, 
Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, in all 
articles of clothing and food, groceries, ladies and children's goods 
generally, and articles not contraband of war. 

III. ..To trade is a privilege, and no person will be allowed to buy 
and sell for profit unless he be a citizen of the United States, and 
subscribe to any legal oath or obligation that is or may be prescribed 
by law ; and at points threatened by an enemy, the officer com- 
manding may further exact as a condition that the trader shall 
himself engage to serve in some military capacity to aid in defense 
of the place. 

IV... Persons desiring to trade will apply to the commanding 
officer of the post, and obtain his written consent, specifying the 
kind, nature, and extent of the trade, and when he requires 
importations from Northern cities, he will in like manner apply for 
his permit. The commanding officer of the post may appoint some 
good officer to supervise these matters, who will frequently inspect 
the stores, and when there is not sufficient competition, will fix the 
prices of sale. These stores will, in like manner, be subject to the 
supervision of the Commanding General of the Department of the 
South, by himself, or an Inspector General. 



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v.. .In order that purchases may be made with economy, the com- 
manding officer of each post will make, reports of his action in 
regard to trade, with the names of traders, amounts of goods 
desired for sale, &c., to the Commanding General of the Depart- 
ment, who will, in like manner, make full report to the Secretary 
of the United States Treasury, to the end that he may instruct the 
collectors of ports from which shipments are expected as to the 
necessary permits and clearances. It being utterly impracticable 
that a General commanding military operations should give his 
personal attention to such matters, it is desirable that as much 
power as possible should be delegated to post commanders, and 
they should be held to the strictest account that no trade is permitted 
injurious to the military interests of the United States. 

VI... Sales of cotton will be restricted absolutely to the United 
States Treasury agents, and no title in cotton or bill of sale will be 
respected until after the cotton is sold at New York. Country 
people having small lots of cotton are permitted to bring the same 
in, to be exchanged for food and clothing for their families. The 
Quartermaster will set aside a store or warehouse, to which each 
wagon bearing cotton will, after entering the military lines, proceed 
direct, where an agent of the Treasury Department will receive and 
weigh the same, and pay for it the price fixed in the 8th section of 
the act of Congress approved July 2, 1864. viz : three-fourths the 
value of cotton as quoted in the New York market — and the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury is hereby requested to make appointments of 
agents to carry out the provisions of said act at the posts of Hilton 
Head, Savannah, Fernandina and Jacksonville. 

VII. ..In order that the duties hereby imposed on commanding 
officers of posts may not be neglected or slighted, by the changes 
incident to rank and changes of troops, the Commanding General 
of the Department of the South will appoint a special officer to 
command at each of said posts, with a small garrison, not to be 
changed without his order; and when other troops, commanded by 
a senior, are added or arrive, the command of the post will not 
change, but the additional troops will be encamped near by, and 
act according to special instructions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
L. M. DAYTON, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 14. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16, 1865. 

* -jf -^ * * 

II. ..Surgeon J. C. Morgan, 29th Regiment Missouri Infantry, 
Volunteers, is relieved from duty with his regiment and assigned to 
duty as health officer of the City of Savannah. It will be his duty 
to see to the prompt removal to the proper hospital of all contagious 
diseases, and also that the carcasses of dead animals and all oflPal or 
other matter, either off'ensive or detrimental to health, be removed 
with as little delay as possible. 

To facilitate the execution of these duties, he will at once put 
himself in communication with the General commanding the post. 
By order of Major General W. T, Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No 15. J Inthe Field, Savannah, Ga. Jan. 16, 1865. 

I. ..The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields 
along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country 
bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, are reserved and set apart 
for the settlement of the negroes now made free by the acts of war 
and the proclamation of the President of the United States. 

II. ..At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augus- 
tine and Jacksonville, the blacks may remain in their chosen or 
accustomed vocations; but on the islands, and in the settlements 
hereafter to be established, no white person whatever, unless mili- 
tary officers and soldiers detailed for duty, will be permitted to 
reside ; and the sole and exclusive management of aff^airs will be 
left to the freed people themselves, subject only to the United States 
military authority and the acts of Congress. By the laws of war, 
and orders of the President of the United States, the negro is free 
and must be dealt with as such. He cannot be subjected to con- 
scription or forced military service, save by the written orders of 
the highest military authority of the Department, under such regu- 
lations as the President or Congress may prescribe. Domestic 
servants, blacksmiths, carpenters, and other mechanics, will be free 



338 

to select their own work and residence, but the young and able- 
bodied negroes must be encouraged to enlist as soldiers in the 
service of the United States, to contribute their share towards main- 
taining their own freedom, and securing their rights as citizens of 
the United States. 

Negroes so enlisted will be organized into companies, battalions, 
and regiments, under the orders of the United States military 
authorities, and will be paid, fed, and clothed according to law. 
The bounties paid on enlistment may, with the consent of the recruit, 
go to assist his family and settlement in procuring agricultural im- 
plements, seed, tools, boots, clothing, and other articles necessary 
for their livelihood. 

III... Whenever three respectable negroes, heads of families, shall 
desire to settle on land, and shall have selected for that purpose an 
island or a locality clearly defined within the limits above designated, 
the Inspector of Settlements and Plantations will himself, or by 
such subordinate officer as he may appoint, give them a license to 
settle such island or district, and afford them such assistance as he 
can to enable them to establish a peaceable agricultural settle- 
ment. The three parties named will subdivide the land, under the 
supervision of the Inspector, among themselves and such others as 
may choose to settle near tliem, so that each family shall have a plot 
of not more that forty (40) acres of tillable ground, and when it bor- 
ders on some water channel, with not more than 800 feet water front, 
in the possession of which land the military authorities will afford 
them protection until such time as they can protect themselves, or 
until Congress shall regulate their title. The Quartermaster may, 
on the requisition of the Inspector of Settlements and Plantations, 
place at the disposal of the Inspector one or more of the captured 
steamers to ply between the settlements and one or more of the 
commercial points heretofore named in orders, to afford the settlers 
the opportunity to supply their necessary wants, and to sell the pro- 
ducts of their land and labor. 

IV... Whenever a negro has enlisted in the military service of the 
United States, he may locate his family in any one of the settlements 
at pleasure, and acquire a homestead and all other rights and privi- 
leges of a settler, as though present in person. In like manner, 
negroes may settle their families and engage on board the gunboats, 
or in fishing, or in the navigation of the inland waters, without 



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losing any claim to land or other advantages derived from this 
system. But no one, unless an actual settler as above defined, or 
unless absent on Government service, will be entitled to claim any 
right to land or property in any settlement by virtue of these orders. 

v.. .In order to carry out this system of settlement, a general 
officer will be detailed as Inspector of Settlements and Plantations, 
whose duty it shall be to visit the settlements, to regulate their police 
and general management, and who will furnish personally to each 
head of a family, subject to the approval of the President of the 
United States, a possessory title in writing, giving as near as possi- 
ble the description of boundaries ; and who shall adjust all claims 
or conflicts that may arise under the same, subject to the like 
approval, treating such titles altogether as possessory. The same 
general officer will also be charged with the enlistment and organi- 
zation of the negro recruits, and protecting their interests while 
absent from their settlements; and will be governed by the rules 
and regulations prescribed by the War Department for such purposes. 

VI. ..Brigadier General R. Saxton is hereby appointed Inspector 
of Settlements and Plantations, and will at once enter on the per- 
formance of his duties. No change is intended or desired in the 
settlement now on Beaufort Island, nor will any rights to property 
heretofore acquired be affected thereby. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

- y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 17. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

January 18, 1865. 

I. ..Brigadier General William Harrow, United States Volunteers, 
reporting to the General commanding by order of Major General 
Howard, commanding Department and Army of the Tennessee, 
will report in person to the Adjutant General U. S. Army, Wash- 
ington, D. C., for assignment. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation- 



340 

II ..Brigadier General William Vandever, United States Volun- 
teers, is hereby transferred from the Department of the Tennessee 
to the Department of the Cumberland, and will report in person to 
Brevet Major General J. C. Davis for assignment to duty. 

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By order of Major General VV. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 18. j In the Field, Savannah, Ga., 

January 18, 1865. 

I. ..Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding left wing, will 
to-morrow, January 19th, turn over to Major General J. G. Foster, 
commanding Department of the South, the command and charge of 
the City of Savannah, Georgia. 

II. ..Major General Foster will thereon relieve the guards, patrols 
and fatigue parties belonging to General Geary's command, and 
assign a commander for the post and City of Savannah, to be gov- 
erned by existing orders and instructions from these Headquarters. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 19. J In the Field, Savannah, Ga.,Jan. 19, 1865. 

I. ..Major General J. G. Foster, commanding Department of the 
South, will occupy in force the City of Savannah and river defenses, 
and maintain a good strong picket in connection with the gunboats 
at or near Purysburg. 

He will also establish an entrenched camp at or near Pocotaligo, 
covering Port Royal Ferry and the road back to Broad River. 



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TI... Major General Howard, commanding right wing army in the 
field, will group his army in front of Coosawhatchee and Pocotaligo, 
prepared to move inland with his wagons, containing five (5) days' 
forage and provisions, and ammunition to their full capacity, in 
about the same proportions as when the army left Atlanta ; he will 
continue to draw supplies from the head of Broad River up to the 
last moment before departure. 

III... Major General Slocum, commanding left wing army in the 
field, will in like manner conduct his wing to convenient camps in 
the neighborhood of Robertsville, extending towards Coosawhatchee, 
loading his wagons in the manner prescribed for the right wing, and 
drawing his supplies up to the last moment from Purysburg and 
Sister's Ferry, on the Savannah River. 

IV. ..Brevet Major General Kilpatrick will move his Cavalry in 
concert with the left wing, cross the Savannah River at Sister's 
Ferry, and picket the roads in front of the left wing, and open com- 
munication with Coosawhatchee, drawing his supplies also from the 
depot at Sister's Ferry. 

v.. .Headquarters of the army will be established first at Coosa- 
whatchee, to which point army commanders will report all matters 
of interest, and the earliest moment possible that they will be ready 
to move inland. 

The right wing will establish a depot for sick and property at 
Hilton Head, the left wing and Cavalry corps the same at Savannah, 
and each corps will leave behind all unnecessary servants and non- 
combatants, all tents save one for headquarters of brigade and 
upwards, flys to shelter from the weather, and tents necessary for 
hospital purposes ; also, all chests for office papers, and other bag- 
gage not necessary for use in battle, with orders for their office papers 
and necessary baggage to follow them by water. 

VI. ..The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the army in 
the field will use all possible exertion to push forward supplies to 
the points named in this order, and will be prepared to follow the 
movements of the army by water with the provisions, forage, and 
stores necessary for a re- supply. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIYISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 22. J III the Field, near Pocotaligo, S. C, 

January 28, 18G5. 

I. ..By the advice of Surgeon Moore, and for the benefit of bis 
health, now impaired by service, Brevet Major General M. D. 
Leggett, United States Volunteers, will proceed, via New York, to 
bis home, Zanesville, Obio. Upon recovery he will rejoin his com- 
mand, wherever it may be. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation to 
New York, and from there in return. 

By order of Major General W, T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military division of the Mississippi, 
No. 23. J In the Field, Pocotaligo, S. C, 

January 29, 1865. 

I. ..Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States Volunteers, 
having reported pursuant to Special Field Orders No. 327, Head- 
quarters Department of the Cumberland, series 18G4, will report to 
Major General J. G. Foster, commanding Department of the South, 
for special assignment to duty. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y military DIYISION OF the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 25, j In the Field, Loivry's, February 8, 18G5. 

The next movement will be against the railroad at any point 
between Orangeburg and the Congaree, as near Orangeburg as 
possible. 

I. ..The rigbt wing is charged with the destruction of the South 
Carolina railroad from and including the Edisto bridge to Blackville : 
and the left wing, with the Engineer regiment and the Cavalry, will 
destroy from Blackville west as far as possible. 



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II... Major General Howard will move the 17th Corps by the State 
road to Binnaker's and Holman's bridges, feign at one and cross 
at the other, and move on Orangeburg. The loth Corps will move 
up the railroad to a point about four (4) miles west of Graham's 
station, and after having finished the destruction of the railroad to 
Blackville, will cross the Edisto by Holman's bridge, or the head of 
Young's Island, and move in support of the 17th Corps. 

III. ..The 20th Corps will move to Blackville, and continue the 
destruction of the railroad westward, and the 14th Corps will come 
up on the road about White Pond, or Williston, and as soon as the 
destruction of the road is complete, will cross the Edisto at the head 
of Young's Island or at Guignard's bridge, and push out to the 
Orangeburg and Edgefield road, ready to move on Orangeburg or 
Columbia, according to developments. 

IV. ..The Cavalry will continue to act in concert with the left wing, 
will burn the railroad as far west as possible, and cross the Edisto 
to the Edgefield road at the same time with the left wing. All troops 
will lean towards Orangeburg until it is known that the right wing 
has made a secure lodgment at or near Orangeburg. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders] HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 26. J In the Field, near Columbia, S. C, 

February 16, 18G5. 

The next series of movements will be on Fayetteville. North 
Carolina, and thence to Wilmington or Goldsboro, according to 
events. Great care must be exercised in collecting forage and food, 
and at the same time in covering the wagon trains from Cavalry 
dashes. 

I. ..General Howard will cross the Saluda and Broad Rivers as 
near their mouths as possible, occupy Columbia, destroy the public 
buildings, railroad property, manufacturing and machine shops, but 
will spare libraries and asylums, and private dwellings. He will 
then move to Winnsboro, destroying en route, utterly, that section 
of the railroad. He will also cause all bridges, trestles, water tanks 



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and depots, on the railroad, back to the Wateree, to be burned, 
switches broken, and such other destruction as he can find time to 
accomplish consistent with the proper celerity. For movements of 
his army, he will select roads that cross the Wateree to the south of 
Lancaster. 

II... Generals Slocum and Kilpatrick will cross the Saluda River 
near Mount Zion and the Broad River, below or at Alston, and will 
cause the destruction of the bridge at Alston and the railroad, back 
towards Columbia, as far as possible, aiming to be in communica- 
tion with Winnsboro by the time General Howard reaches that point. 
They will study to get roads in the direction of Lancaster, and should 
they have any spare time on reaching the Great Northern Railroad, 
they will prolong the break in the direction north of Winnsboro. 

III. ..Colonel 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will cause the 1st Regi- 
ment Michigan Engineers to accompany the right wing, and have it 
destroy as much of the railroad from Columbia, northward, through 
and beyond Winnsboro, as possible, working in concert with any 
troops he may find employed at that work. 

IV. ..The General-in-Chief will be with the left division of the 
right wing, or right division of the left wing, or as near the centre 
of the army as possible, and will, from time to time, advise com- 
manding officers of his whereabouts. He also expects the fullest 
possible reports of subordinate commanders. 

In the absence of specific orders, the right wing will be the 
"column of direction," and will aim for Winnsboro, Cheraw, 
Fayetteville, &c. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 28. J In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C, 

March 11, 1865. 

I. ..The right wing, Major General 0. 0. Howard commanding, 
will cross Cape Fear River as soon as possible, and take roads lead- 
ing towards Faison Station, on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, 
but will not depart from the river till further notice. 



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II. ..The left wing, Major General H. W. Slocum commanding, 
will hold the town of Fayetteville, and he will lay his pontoons 
ready to cross the river, but in the meantime will destroy all rail- 
road property, all shops, factories, tanneries, &c., and all mills save 
one water mill of sufficient capacity to grind meal for the people of 
Fayetteville. 

III... The Cavalry is charged with destroying the railroad trestles, 
depots, mills and factories as far up as lower Little River, including 
its bridge, and will be prepared to cross to the east of Cape Fear 
River during Monday night. 

IV... Brevet Colonel 0. M. Poe is charged with the utter demoli- 
tion of the arsenal building, and everything pertaining to it ; and 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. G. Baylor, Chief Ordnance Officer, is 
charged with the destruction of all powder and Ordnance stores, 
including guns and small arms, keeping the usual record. The time 
allowed will be Sunday and Monday. 

v.. .All commanding officers having refugee families or negroes in 
charge, will prepare a train, with a small guard, to proceed to 
Wilmington after crossing South River. An officer will be detailed 
from these Headquarters to conduct them to Wilmington. A guard 
of one hundred men of each wing, composed of men entitled to 
discharge, or escaped soldiers and officers, will be deemed a suffi- 
cient guard. 

VI. ..The army will prepare to leave towards the northeast by 
Tuesday next. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 29. J In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C, 

March 12, I860. 

I. ..The General commanding takes pleasure in announcing to the 
army that he is now in communication with Wilmington, a steam 
tug having arrived. He will dispatch her with mail at 6 p. m. to-day 
and have some essential supplies brought up 5 but we have another 
inarch before reaching our true destination. 



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n... Lieutenant S. H. M, Byers, 5th Iowa Infantry, escaped pris- 
oner, is detailed as bearer of dispatches, and will proceed in the 
tug boat now at the bridge to Wilmington and deliver his dispatches, 
thence to General Grant, at City Point, and thence to Washington 
City, to report to the Commissary General of Prisoners for instruc- 
tions. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M, DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUAirj^ERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISIOxV 0^^ THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 32. J In the Field, Fayetteville, N. C. , 

March 13, 1885. 

I. ..Major John S. Winson, llCth Illinois Infantry, is hereby 
detailed to conduct to Wilmington all the refugees, while and black, 
that now encumber the army. The Commanding General of each 
wing, and of the Cavalry, will turn over to him all such refugees, 
with such wagons, horses, mules, &c., whether captured or public, 
as may be necessary to facilitate their journey, with a small supply 
of flour, bacon and beef cattle. Major Winson will conduct them 
to Wilmington and turn them over to the Quartermaster or Treasury 
agent, who will dispose of them according to laws or existing orders. 
A guard of one hundred men will be sent from each wing, com- 
posed of men entitled to discharge or furlough, provided with their 
papers, to take effect on arrival at Wilmington. 

II... Major Winson will, on completion of this duty, return to his 
command, via Beaufort, North Carolina. 

III. ..The Quartermaster's Department will supply Major Winson 
with all the facilities in its power to carry out this order. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 



Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 33. j In the Field, near Bentonville, N. C 

March 2\, 1865. 

I. ..Major General Howard, commanding right wing, will retain 
only such wagons as are essential to immediate operations, and dis- 
patch the balance under small escort to Kinston, for a supply of 
provisions. He will establish a temporary depot for his command, 
south of the Neuse River and east of the Wilmington and Golds- 
boro' railroad, in which to deposit his camp equipage, whilst his 
wagons are engaged in bringing up stores. 

II... Major General Slocum. commanding left wing, will in like 
manner establish a temporary depot, at a point south of Neuse and 
west of the Wilmington and Goldsboro' railroad, in which to deposit 
his camp equipage, whilst his wagons are engaged in bringing him 
supplies from Kinston. He will send his wounded to a temporary 
hospital camp, on the Wilmington and Goldsboro' railroad, con- 
venient to Goldsboro'. 

The wagons needed for immediate operations will be shifted around 
the left flank of the right wing to a point between Cox's bridge and 
the rear of the right wing. 

III... General Kilpatrick, commanding Cavalry, will in like manner 
establish a temporary depot on the Wilmington and Goldsboro' rail- 
road, near Mount Olive station, to which point he will send all 
encumbrances that will impede his march. 

IV... General Slocum will send his bridge train to Cox's bridge, 
to report to Major General Terry, who will effect a crossing of Neuse 
River at that point, and cover it on the north side by at least one 
brigade, entrenched. General Howard will send his bridge train 
to some good crossing between his temporary depot and Goldsboro'. 

v.. .Major General Schofield, commanding Army of the Ohio, 
will occupy Goldsboro' and make disposition to cross over Little 
River, in the direction of Smithfield. 

VI... Colonel W. W. Wright will use extraordinary exertions to 
complete the railroad into Goldsboro', and provide rolling stock for 
moving a maximum quantity of supplies. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 35. i In the Field. Bentonville, N. C, 

March 22, 1865. 

The General commanding announces to this army that yesterday 
it beat, on its chosen ground, the concentrated armies of our enemy, 
who has fled in disorder, leaving his dead, wounded and prisoners 
in our hands, and burning his bridges on his retreat. 

On the same day Major General Schofield, from Newbern, entered 
and occupied Goldsboro', and Major General Terry, from Wilming- 
ton, secured Cox's Bridge crossing, and laid a pontoon bridge across 
Neuse River, so that our campaign has resulted in a glorious success. 
After a march of the most extraordinary character, near five hun- 
dred miles, over swamps and rivers, deemed impassable to others, 
at the most inclement season of the year, and drawing our chief 
supplies from a poor and wasted country, we reach our destination 
in good health and condition. 

I thank the army and assure it that our Government and people 
honor them for this new display of the physical and moral qualities 
which reflect honor upon the whole nation. 

You shall now have rest and all the supplies that can be brought 
from the rich granaries and storehouses of our magnificent country 
before again embarking on new and untried dangers. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 
Major General Commanding. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 36. J In the Field, Goldshoro\ N. C, 

March 24, 1865. 

I... Major General Schofield, commanding the Department of 
North Carolina, will, out of the troops now at his command, organize 
a force equivalent to two corps, or five divisions, and proceed to 
equip them in the most complete manner for Jield service. This 
force, while operating with the other armies in the field, will be 
styled the "Centre." For the present General Schofield will post 
his command to hold Goldsboro', and cover the railroads back to 
Wilmington and Morehead City. He will also aid the Railroad 
Department with details to enable it to finish, in the shortest possible 
time, the two roads, and equip them for service. 



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II... Colonel W. W. Wright, of the Railroad Department, will use 
extraordinary means, night and day, to complete the two railroads 
from Goldsboro' back to Morehead City and Wilmington, and to 
equip them to the capacity of 300 tons per day of freight. He may 
pay any price for labor, call for details of soldiers, and draw rolling 
stock from Savannah, Charleston, or any point within this command, 
and all commanding officers and Quai'termasters will give prefer- 
ence to the shipment of such stock over that of any other work what- 
ever, not involving life. The work of these railroads is limited and 
restricted to the transportation, in the order following, of "army 
stores" : — 

1st — Ammunition. 

2d — Food for men. 

3d — Clothing for men. 

4th — Grain for animals. 

5th — Camp and garrison equipage. 

6th — Hay or long forage. 

Until there is an accumulation of supplies at Goldsboro', enough 
to fill the wagons of the army, no officer, soldier, or citizen, or any 
private stores whatever, will be carried on the up trips, unless it be 
mail matter and officers or couriers bearing orders for army head- 
quarters, and these not to exceed one car load per day. All else 
must march, or use horses and wagons, from the saltwater to Golds- 
boro', until the army is thoroughly clothed and equipped. Return 
cars may load according to the discretion of the Quartermaster in 
charge, provided there be no delay. To facilitate the completion of 
these roads. Colonel Poe will cause the 1st Michigan Engineers to 
work back towards Newbern ; General Howard will cause to be 
built the railroad bridge over Neuse, near Goldsboro' ; General 
Slocum, the wagon road bridge on the Mount Olive road, and Gen- 
eral Schofield the railroad bridge over the northeast branch near 
Wilmington, leaving Colonel Wright, with his working parties, to 
look after the laying and ballasting the track, and getting the cars 
in motion, 

III. ..The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the army 
in the field, Generals Easton and Beckwith, will at once repair to 
Goldsboro', and there control the movement of supplies, according 
to the necessities of the army and orders issued at these general 
Headquarters. All estimates and requisitions will be addressed 
accordingly. 



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IV. ..The right wing of the army will group to the front and right 
of Goldsboro', looking north; the left wing in front and left of 
Goldsboro'; the centre in Goldsboro', with detachments to cover 
the railroads to the rear. The Cavalry will be posted at or near 
Mount Olive Station. 

All will send foraging parties into the country, being careful to 
have them strong and well guarded. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 37. J In the Field, Goldsboro', N. C, 

March 24, 1865. 

I... Brevet Brigadier General Dodge, Chief Quartermaster Depart- 
ment of North Carolina, will, with all possible dispatch, procure 
from Charleston and Savannah all the railroad rolling stock which 
will be required to put the Wilmington and Goldsboro' railroad in 
working order to the required capacity. 

II. ..To facilitate General Dodge in this work, he is authorized to 
make use of any ship he may deem necessary for transporting such 
stock, and all commanding officers at Savannah, Charleston, and 
Wilmington will assist him to any degree he may require. 

III. ..Brevet Brigadier General Easton. Chief Quartermaster 
Military Division of the Mississippi, will furnish General Dodge a 
suitable steamer to proceed at once to the execution of his orders. 

IV... Captain Justin Hodge, Assistant Quartermaster, United 
States Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty with Major General 
H. W. Slocum, commanding left wing, and will report to Brevet 
Brigadier General Dodge, Chief Quartermaster Department of 
North Carolina, for orders. 

v.. .To facilitate operations of refitting and reorganization, Array 
Commanders will establish an office at Wilmington and Newbern, 
to be in charge of a staff" officer, with instructions to receive and 



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dispatch couriers to and from their commands, give the necessary 
directions to officers and soldiers joining their commands, and such 
other instructions as may be deemed desirable. 

VI. ..The Quartermasters at Wilmington and Newbern will give 
officers assigned to duty, by virtue of this order, all the assistance 
necessary for office rooms, &c. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders 1 HEADQUARTERS, 

[ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 38. J In the Field, Goldshoro\ N. C, 

March 25, 1865. 

I, ..The General commanding announces that he will be absent a 
few days on most important business concerning the future. 

During his absence Major General Schofield will exercise supreme 
command, and it is announced that the rank of the general officer?, 
according to the rules established by the War Department, is — 

1st. Major General Schofield. 

2d. Major General Howard. 

3d. Major General Slocum. 

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v.. .Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, commanding Third Cavalry 
Division, will designate some suitable officer of the 5th Regiment 
Kentucky Cavalry, who will, through his directions, by virtue of 
this order, take command of the non-veteran officers and enlisted 
men belonging to Kentucky regiments now serving in the Third 
Cavalry Division, who are entitled to discharge by reason of expira- 
tion of term of service, and proceed to Kentucky to be discharged 
according to law. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary trans- 
portation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVLSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 40. j In the Field, Goldshoro\ N. C, 

March 27, 1865. 
* * 7t -x- * 

IV. ..In the absence of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Baylor, Chief 
of Ordnance, Captain D. H. Buel, Chief of Ordnance, Army of 
the Tennessee, is charged with the supervision of matters in the 
Ordnance Department for this army, and is authorized, in the per- 
formance of his duty, to proceed to Xewbern and Fort Monroe and 
return. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



HEADQUARTERS, 

MILITARY DITISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

In the Field, Goldsboro\ N. C, March 27, 1865. 
[Circular.] 

Colonel A. H. Markland has full authority for the distribution 
of mail matter for this army, and to the end that great facility 
may be given thereto, he will for the present receive mail at New- 
bern, and there distribute it in packages for regiments, brigades, 
divisions and corps, and from there forward it to Goldsboro', by 
messengers of the Military Mail Department, at which point he will 
deliver it only to such persons as Corps Commanders may designate, 
viz: one (1) postmaster for each corps. It will be the duty of such 
postmaster to distribute his corps mail in conformity to directions 
from the Corps Commander. Brigade, division and corps post- 
masters or messengers will not be allowed transportation, or per- 
mitted to pass to and from Newbern, but Army Commajiders, under 
existing orders, may dispatch couriers to their general Headquarters 
at Newbern or Wilmington, and will receive their Headquarters 
mail at those points, or at Goldsboro', at their discretion. Mail 
matter to be dispatched from this army, grouped about Goldsboro', 
Faisons, and Mount Olive, will be delivered to Colonel Markland, 
or the agent at Goldsboro'. 

Mail matter for citizen employes must be directed in care of some 
officer, otherwise it will not be delivered. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant adjutant General 



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Special Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI 

No. 42. j In the Field, Goldshoro\ N. C, 

March 30, 1! 



v.. .Surgeon F. W. Reilly, 26th Regiment Illinois Veteran Volun- 
teers, is hereby directed to visit the hospitals at Savannah, Georgia, 
and Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the purpose of ascertaining 
what soldiers therein and belonging to organizations in this com- 
mand are able to perform duty in the field, to the end that the men 
rejoin their commands. Upon completion of this duty Surgeon 
Reilly will rejoin his command, wherever it may be. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 44. J In the Field, Goldsboro\ N. C, 

April 1, 1865. 

I. ..The 13th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Cavalry, is hereby 
transferred from the Department of North Carolina and Army of the 
Ohio to the 3d Division Cavalry Corps, and the commanding officer 
will report to Brevet Major General J. Kilpatrick for orders. 

II. ..Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, commanding Cavalry, will 
move his command and take position in front of the army, towards 
Weldon. 



VII. ..The following is announced as the organization of this 
Army: — 

Right Wing — Army of the Tennessee, 15th and 17th Corps, Major 
General 0. 0. Howard commanding. 

Left Wing— Army of Georgia, 14th and 20th Corps, Major General 
H. W. Slocum commanding. 

Centre— Army of Ohio, 10th and 23d Corps, Major GeneralJ. M. 
Schofield commanding. 

Cavalry — Brevet Major General J. Kilpatrick commanding. 



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VIII. ..Each of these commanders will exercise the powers pre- 
scribed by law for a General commanding a separate department or 
army in the field. 

IX. ..Major General Joseph A. Mower is hereby, subject to the 
approval of the President, appointed to command the 20th Corps, 
vice Slocum, promoted to the command of an army in the field. 

X... Brigadier General Charles Wolcott is hereby transferred from 
the Army of the Tennessee to the Army of Georgia, for assignment 
to the command of a division, made vacant. 

XI. ..Brigadier General Charles Ewing, having been promoted, is 
hereby relieved from staff duty at these Headquarters, and will 
report to Major General Howard for assignment to duty, according 
to his rank. 

XII... Surgeon Goodman, United States Volunteers, is hereby 
relieved from duty as Medical Director of the 20th Army Corps, 
and assigned as Medical Director of the Army of Georgia, and will 

report to Major General H. W. Slocum, commanding. 

•X- **•;«• * 

XIV. ..The 23d Battery, New York Volunteers, is hereby trans- 
ferred from the Department of North Carolina and Army of Ohio 
to the Cavalry Corps, and the commanding officer will report to 
Brevet Major General Kilpatrick, commanding Third Division, Cav- 
alry Corps, for assignment to duty. 

■3t * * * •* 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 45. J In the Field, Goldsboro\ N. C, 

April 2, 1865. 

I. ..In order to equalize the means of transportation in the army, 
the following natoed transfers will be made immediately : — 
Wagons and teams complete. Ambulances and teams complete. 

From 14th Army Corps 7 — 

From 15th Army Corps 190 58 

From 17th Army Corps 7 11 

From 20th Army Corps 81 — 

To be transferred to the Army of the Ohio. 



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In making these transfers, the worst animals, wagons, ambulances, 
harness, &c., will not be selected, but an average number, as regards 
condition, must be transferred from each corps. 

A board of officers to consist of Colonel Parry, 47th Ohio Volun- 
teers, Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Jordan, 104th Ohio Vol- 
unteers, Infantry, and Major Francis Lackner, 26th Wisconsin Vol- 
unteers, will assemble at the office of the Chief Quartermaster, 
April 4th, at 12 o'clock m., to inspect the property when selected 
for transfer, and report on its condition, and whether these orders 
have been properly carried out. 

Major General Schofield will designate a Quartermaster of his 
command to receive and account for the property so transferred. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 47. j In the Field, Goldsboro\ N. C, 

April 4, 1865. 

I. ..Brigadier General Charles Cruft, in command of the Provi- 
sional Division of troops belonging to the corps of this army, having 
reported in person in obedience to instructions from Major General 
G. H. Thomas, will distribute those troops, on arrival, with all 
possible dispatch, to their several Corps Commanders, and will then 
return at leisure, taking his staff, to the Headquarters Department 
of the Cumberland, and report by letter to General Thomas. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation. 



By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Spkcial Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 48. J In the Field, GoIdsboro% N. C, 

April 5, 1865. 

[Coiifidential to Army Commanders, Corps Commanders, and 
Chiefs of Staff Departments.'] 

The next grand objective is to place this army, with its full equip- 
ment, north of Roanoke River, facing west, with a base for supplies 
at Norfolk, and at Wynton or Murfreesboro', on the Chowan, and 
in full communication with the Army of the Potomac about Peters- 
burg; and also to do the enemy as much harm as possible en route. 

I. ..To accomplish this result, the following general plan will be 
followed, or modified only by written orders from these Headquar- 
ters, should events require a change : — 

First. — On Monday, the 10th of April, all preparations are pre- 
sumed to be complete, and the outlying detachments will be called 
in, or given directions to meet the next march. All preparations 
will also be complete to place the railroad stock back of " Kinston " 
on the one road, and below the " Northeast Branch" on the other. 

Second. — On Tuesday, the 11th, the columns will draw out on 
their lines of march, say about seven miles, and close up. 

Third. — On Wednesday the march will begin in earnest, and will 
be kept up at the rate, say, of about 12 miles a day, or according to 
the amount of resistance. All the columns will dress to the left, 
which is the exposed flank, and commanders will study always to 
find roads by which they can, if necessary, perform a general left 
wheel, the wagons to be escorted on to some place of security on 
the direct route of march. Foraging and other details may continue 
as heretofore, only more caution and prudence should be observed, 
and foragers should not go in advance of the advance guard, but 
look more to our right rear for corn, bacon, and meal. 

n...The left wing. Major General Slocum commanding, will aim 
straight for the railroad bridge near Smithfield ; thence along up the 
Neuse River to the railroad bridge over Neuse River, northeast of 
Raleigh, (Powell's;) thence to Warrenton, the general point of con- 
centration. 

The centre. Major General Schofield commanding, will move to 
Whitley's Mill, ready to support the left until it is past Smithfield, 
when it will follow up, substantially. Little River to about Roles- 



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ille, ready at all times to move to the support of the left ; after 
passing Tar River to move to Warrenton. 

The right wing, Major General Howard commanding, preceded 
by the Cavalry, will move rapidly on Pikeville and Nahunta, then 
swing across to Bulah and Folk's bridges, ready to make junction 
with the other armies in case the enemy offers battle this side of 
Neuse River about Smithfield ; thence, in case of no serious opposi- 
tion on the left, will work up towards Earpsboro', Andrews, " B " 
and Warrenton. 

The Cavalry, General Kilpatrick commanding, leaving its encum- 
brances with the right wing, will push as though straight for Weldon 
until the enemy is across Tar River, and that bridge burned ; then 
it will deflect towards Nashville and Warrenton, keeping up a gen- 
eral communication with general Headquarters. 

in.. .As soon as the army starts the Chief Quartermaster and 
Commissary will prepare a re-supply of stores at some point in 
Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, ready to be conveyed to Kinston, 
or Wynton and Murfreesboro', according to developments. As soon 
as they have satisfactory information that the army is north of the 
Roanoke, they will forthwith establish a depot at Wynton, with a 
sub-depot at Murfreesboro'. Major General Schofield will hold, as 
heretofore, Wilmington, with the bridge across Northeast Branch as 
an outpost, Newbern, and Kinston as its outpost, and will be pre- 
pared to hold Wynton and Murfreesboro' as soon as the time arrives 
for that move. The Navy has instructions from Admiral Porter to 
co-operate, and any commanding officer is authorized to call on the 
Navy for assistance and co-operation, always in writing, setting 
forth the reasons, of which, of necessity, the Naval Commander is 
the judge. 

IV. ..The General-in-Chief will be with the centre, habitually, but 
may, in person, shift to either flank where his presence may be 
needed, leaving a staff officer to receive reports. He requires, 
absolutely, a report of each army or grand detachment, each night,' 
whether anything material has occurred or not. 

Often the absence of an enemy is a very important fact in military 
prognostication. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

>■ MILITARY DIVISIOX OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 49. J In the Field, Goldshoro\ N. C, 

April Q, 1865. 

I... Sergeant William A. Rase, Company "C," 13th Regiment Iowa 
Veteran Volunteers, will proceed, as bearer of dispatches, via More- 
head City, N. C, to Old Point, where he will deliver dispatches for 
Lieutenant General Grant, and thence to Washington, where he will 
deliver dispatches to Major General Halleck, Chief of Staff, and to 
the Adjutant General of the Army, when he will avail himself of a 
furlough, which he has, and then rejoin his regiment. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation to 
Washington, and from New York to his command, in return. 

II. ..The General-in-Chief announces, for the information of this 
army, the following resolutions received : — 

"Whereas The oflSeial announcement of the fall of Charleston, the 'Cradle 
of Secession,' has been received, therefore, 

"Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louis- 
iana in General Assembly convened : That we tender our most hearty thanks to 
the gallant officers and men of the army of the illustrious Sherman, who 
have, under God, been the instruments of accomplishment of so glorious an 
achievement. 

"Be it further resolved, dec.. That in the late glorious victories of General 
Sherman we recognize the hand of God as directing the affairs of our country, 
and as an evidence of the speedy return of peace. 

(Signed) SIMEON BELDEN, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
(Signed) J. MADISON WELLS, 

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. 
Approved Blarch 3, 186"). 

(Signed) MICHAEL HAHN, 

Governor.'''' 

III. ..The following telegram, just received, is announced with 
great pleasure and satisfaction by the General-in-Chief for the 
information of the army : — 

" From City Point. Va., April 4, 1865. 
To Major General W. T. Sherman: 

On Monday morning, the second, (2d,) we charged and carried the enemy's 
entire line south of the Appomattox, defeated and drove back Lee's army, 
and'the same evening enveloped Petersburg from the Appomattox above to 
the river below. About one (1) o'clock Monday morning Petersburg was 
evacuated, and we took possession of it at 8.15. Weitzel took possession of 
Richmond from his position north of the James. Jeff. Davis and his cabinet. 



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and Lee, with most of his army, are retreating in hot haste towards Danville; 
the other column is falling back on Lynchburg. We are pursuing vigorously, 
and prisoners will number from twelve thousand (12,000) to fifteen thousand, 
(15,000,) with several hundred pieces of Artillery. Much of the tobacco and 
cotton in Petersburg and Richmond was burned by the enemy. He also 
attempted to burn Richmond. Weitzel succeeded in putting out the fires, but 
not until several districts were in ruins. Everything is quiet there now, and 
the people receive our army with great rejoicing. 

(Signed) T. S. BOWERS, 

Assistant Adjutant Oeneral." 

Army Commanders will order a salute of (100) one hundred guns 
to be fired from each permanent fort on the seaboard in the Depart- 
ment of North Carolina and Department of the South, in honor of 
the event. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

|- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 50. J In the Field, Goldshoro, N. C, 

April 7, 1865. 

I. ..Surgeon E. J. Buck, 18th Wisconsin Volunteers, will at once 
proceed to Wilmington, N. C, and ascertain, by visiting hospitals, 
the condition of the sick and convalescents of this army, reported 
as being in that place. This duty he will perform with all possible 
dispatch, and return to his command, making report to Surgeon 
Moore, Medical Director of the army. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation. 
***** 

IV... Major General C. Schurz, United States Volunteers, having 
reported for duty in accordance with Special Orders No. 67, Head- 
quarters Armies of the United States, will report to Major General 
H. W. Slocum, commanding army of Georgia, for assignment. 

The personal staff of Major General Schurz will accompany him. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 52. j In the Field, Moccasin Creek, 

April 10, 1865. 

I... Captain Montgomery Rochester, Assistant Adjutant General, 
Volunteers, is hereby relieved from duty at Headquarters Military 
Division of the Mississippi, and assigned to the Army of Georgia, 
and will report in person to Major General H. W, Slocum, in the 
field, for assignment. 

II. ..In the coming campaign, and during the absence of General 
Beckwith, Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Lieutenant Colonel D. 
Reinick, Chief Commissary of Subsistence Army of the Tennessee, 
will act as Chief Commissary of Subsistence of the army in the field, 
and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 53. J In the Field, Smithfield, N. C, 

'April 11, 1865. 

The movement will proceed rapidly, but also with due caution, 
on Raleigh. 

I... General Howard, commanding Army of the Tennessee, will 
send one corps as rapidly as possible east of the Neuse to Raleigh, 
via Hinton's bridge, (the Neuse Mills.) The other corps will move 
by Pineville and the river road, prepared to cross over, on the sound 
of battle, by the bridge at Pineville or at Battle's bridge. 

II... General Slocum's column will be the column of direction, 
and will move straight on Raleigh, and, if possible, will use roads 
lying between Swift Creek and the Neuse, but if compelled to use 
the road across Swift Creek will not follow it west of the road 
leading from Elevation to Raleigh. 

III. ..General Schofield, commanding Army of the Ohio, will cross 
the Neuse at Turner's bridge and take any road convenient, west of 
the one prescribed for General Slocum, and be prepared to pass the 
enemy's flank if he attempts to hold an entrenched line, or to sup- 
port General Slocum if he needs it. 



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IV. ..The Cavalry, General Kilpatrick, will operate from the left 
flank of the army, and will, in case the enemy breaks or manifests 
disorder, pursue with vehemence. 

v.. .AH the columns may safely leave their supply trains well to 
the rear, and be ready to engage the enemy with strong skirmish 
lines, whenever encountered. Should the enemy attack any one of 
the columns it must hold him, and all others must turn on his flank 
and rear. 

VI... If the enemy retreats through and beyond Raleigh, he must 
be pursued : but a new order will be prescribed from Raleigh. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 54. J In the Field, Smithjield, N. C, 

April 12, 1865. 

The General commanding announces to the array that he has 
official notice from General Grant that General Lee surrendered 
to him his entire army on the 9th instant, at Appomattox Court 
House, Virginia. 

Glory to God and to our country, and all honor to our comrades 
in arms, towards whom we are marching. 

A little more labor, a little more toil on our part, the great race 
is won, and our Government stands regenerated after four long 
years of bloody war. 

W. T. SHERMAN, 

Major General Commanding. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

I military division op the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 55. 1 In the Field, Raleigh, N. C., 

April 14, 1865. 

The next movement will be on Ashboro', to turn the position of 
the enemy at Company's Shops in rear of Haw River bridge, and 
at Greensboro', and to cut off" his only available line of retreat by 
Salisbury and Charlotte. 



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I. ..General Kilpatrick will keep up a show of pursuit in the 
direction of Hillsboro' and Graham, but be ready to cross the Haw 
River on General Howard's bridge, near Pittsboro", and thence will 
operate towards Greensboro', on the right front of the right wing. 

II. ..The right wing, Major General Howard commanding, will 
move out on the Chapel Hill road, and send a light division up in 
the direction of Chapel Hill University, in connection with the 
Cavalry ; but the main columns and trains will move via Hackney's 
Cross-Roads and Trades' Hill, Pittsboro', St. Lawrence, &c., to be 
followed by the Cavalry and light division, as soon as the bridge is 
laid over Haw River. 

ni...The centre, Major General Schofield commanding, will move 
I'ia Holly Springs, New Hill, Haywood, and Moffit's Mills. 

IV. ..The left wing, Major General Slocum commanding, will move 
rapidly by the Aven's Ferry road, Carthage, Caledonia, and Cox's 
Mills. 

V...A11 the troops will draw well out on the roads designated dur- 
ing to-day and to-morrow, and on the following day will move with 
all possible rapidity for Ashboro'. No further destruction of rail- 
roads, mills, cotton and produce will be made without specific orders 
of an army commander, and the inhabitants will be dealt with kindly, 
looking to an early reconciliation. The troops will be permitted, 
however, to gather forage and provisions as heretofore, only more 
care should be taken not to strip the poorer classes too closely. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Speciaj, Field Orders | HEADQUARTERS, 

[■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 56. J In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 17, 1865. 



The General commanding announces with pain and sorrow that 
on the evening of the 11th instant, at the Theatre in Washington 
City, His Excellency, the President of the United States, Mr. 
Lincoln, was assassinated by one who uttered the State motto of 
Virginia. At the same time the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, 
whilst suffering from a broken arm, was also stabbed by another 



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murderer in his own house, but still survives, and his son was 
wounded, supposed fatally. It is believed, by persons capable of 
judging, that other high officers were designed to share the same 
fate. Thus it seems that our enemy, despairing of meeting us in 
open, manly warfare, begin to resort to the assassin's tools. 

Your General does not wish you to infer that this is universal, for 
he knows that the great mass of the Confederate army would scorn 
to sanction such acts, but he believes it the legitimate consequence 
of rebellion against rightful authority. 

We have met every phase which this war has assumed, and must 
now be prepared for it in its last and worst shape, that of assassins 
and guerrillas ; but woe unto the people who seek to expend their 
wild passions in such a manner, for there is but one dread result. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant Getieral. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 57. ) In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 18, 1865. 

I... Major Henry Hitchcock, xissistant Adjutant General, member 
of the personal staff of the General-in-Chief, will proceed, with 
dispatches from him, to Washington, without delay, deliver them to 
Major General Halleck, receive answers to the same, and return 
here with all possible expedition. The Quartermaster's Department 
will furnish the necessary transportation, and furnish Major Hitchcock 
with all means to facilitate him in the execution of his orders. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

[■ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 58. J In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 19, 1865. 

The General commanding announces to the army a suspension of 
hostilities, and an agreement with General Johnson, and other high 
officials, which, when formally ratified, will make peace from the 
Potomac to the Rio Grande. 



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Until the absolute peace is arranged, a line passing through Ter- 
rell's Mount, Chapel Hill University, Durham's Station and West 
Point, on the Neuse River, will separate the two armies. 

Each army commander will group his camps entirely with a view 
to comfort, health and good police. 

All the details of military discipline must still be maintained, and 
the General hopes and believes that in a very few days it will be 
his good fortune to conduct you all to your homes. 

The fame of this army for courage, industry and discipline, is 
admitted all over the world ! Then let each officer and man see that 
it is not stained by any act of vulgarity, rowdyism or petty crime. 

The Cavalry will patrol the front line. General Howard will take 
charge of the district from Raleigh up to the Cavalry. General 
Slocum, to the left of Raleigh, and General Schofield in Raleigh, 
its right and rear. 

Quartermasters and Commissaries will keep their supplies up to 
a light load for their wagons, and the Railroad Superintendent will 
arrange a depot for the convenience of each separate army. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 61. J In the Field, Raleigh, iV. C, 

April 23, 1865. 

I, ..Brigadier General Charles J. Stalbrand, having reported at 
these Headquarters, pursuant to Paragraph XXVI, Special Orders 
No. 152, current series. War Department, will report in person to 
Major General O. 0. Howard, commanding Army of the Tennes- 
see, for assignment. 

■X- ^ * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 62. ) In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 24, 1865. 

The suspension of hostilities proclaimed in Special Field Orders 
No. 58 will terminate at 12 o'clock m. on Wednesday, the 26th 
instant, and hostilities will be resumed. The movement against the 
enemy will be made according to the plan laid down in Special 
Field Orders Xo. 55, of date April 14, 1865. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 63. J In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 25, 1865. 



II. ..Brevet Major General J. E. Smith is hereby relieved from 
duty with the Army of the Tennessee, and will report in person to 
Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, commanding armies of the United 
States. 

* TT * * -5^ 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders) HEADQUARTERS, 

\ MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 65. J In the Field, Raleigh, X. C, 

April 27, 1865. 

The General commanding announces a further suspension of 
hostilities, and a final agreement with General Johnston, which 
terminates the war as to the armies under his command and the 
country east of the Chattahoochee. 

Copies of the terms of the convention will be furnished Major 
Generals Schofield, Gillmore and Wilson, who are specially charged 
with the execution of its details in the Department of North Caro- 
lina, Department of the South, and at Macon and Western Georgia. 



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Captain Myers, Ordnance Department U. S. Army, is hereby 
designated to receive the arms, &c., at Greensboro', and any com- 
manding officer of a post may receive the arms of any detachment, 
and see that they are properly stored and accounted for. 

General Schofield will procure at once the necessary blanks and 
supply the other Army Commanders, that uniformity may prevail ; 
and great care must be taken that all the terms and stipulations on 
our parts be fulfilled with the most scrupulous fidelity, whilst those 
imposed on our hitherto enemies be received in a spirit becoming a 
brave and generous army. 

Army Commanders may at once loan to the inhabitants such of 
the captured mules, horses, wagons, and vehicles, as can be spared 
from immediate use, and the Commanding Generals of armies may 
issue provisions, animals, or any public supplies that can be spared, 
to relieve present wants, and to encourage the inhabitants to renew 
their peaceful pursuits, and to restore the relations of friendship 
among our fellow-citizens and countrymen. 

Foraging will forthwith cease, and when necessity or long marches 
compel the taking of forage, provisions, or any kind of private 
property, compensation will be made on the spot, or, when the 
disbursing officers are not provided with funds, vouchers will be 
given in proper form, payable at the nearest military depot. 
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adhdant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

I MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 66. j In the Field, Raleigh, N. C. , Ajjril 27, 1865. 

Hostilities having ceased, the following changes and dispositions 
of troops in the field will be made with as little delay as practicable : 

I. ..The 10th and 23d Corps will remain in the Department of 
North Carolina, and Major General J. M. Schofield will transfer 
back to Major General Gillmore, commanding Department of the 
South, the two brigades formerly belonging to the division of Brevet 
Major General G rover, at Savannah. 

The 3d Division Cavalry Corps, Brevet Major General Kilpatrick 
commanding, is hereby transferred to the Department of North 



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Carolina, and General Kilpatrick will report in person to Major 
General Schofield for orders. 

II. ..The Cavalry command of Major General George Stoneman 
will return to East Tennessee, and that of Brevet Major General 
J. H. Wilson will be conducted back to the Tennessee River, in the 
neighborhood of Decatur, Alabama. 

III... Major General Howard will conduct the Army of the Ten- 
nessee to Richmond, Virginia, following roads substantially by 
Louisburg, Warrenton, Lawrenceville, and Petersburg, or to the 
right of that line. Major General Slocum will conduct the Army of 
Georgia to Richmond by roads to the left of the one indicated for 
General Howard, viz : by Oxford, Boydtown and Nottoway Court- 
House. 

These armies will turn in at this point the contents of their Ord- 
nance trains, and use the wagons for extra forage and provisions. 
These columns will be conducted slowly and in the best of order, 
and will aim to be at Richmond ready to resume the march by the 
middle of May. 

IV. ..The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the Military 
Division, Generals Easton and Beckwith, after making the proper 
disposition of their Departments here, will proceed to Richmond 
and make suitable preparation to receive these columns, and to 
provide them for their further journey. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION' OF THK MISSISSIPPI, 

No 67. J Lithe Field, Raleigh, K C. 

April 27, 1865. 



I. ..Major General Carl Schurz, having reported at these Head- 
quarters, by orders from Major General Slocum relieving him from 
duty with the Array of Georgia, will report in person to Lieutenant 
General Grant for orders. He will take his personal staff with him. 

II. ..It being represented that a number of men, about one 
thousand, convalescents, recruits, &c., debris of this army, and a 
number not belonging to this command, are in the Department of 



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North Carolina without any record, Major General Schofield, com- 
manding Department of North Carolina, will take charge of them, 
turning over to the Quartermaster's Department such as are fit for 
laboring, and such as are fit for fatigue service will be sent to 
Alexandria, subject to the orders of the War Department. 

The Chief Quartermaster will forward all men, reported to him 
under these instructions, to Alexandria at his convenience, and 
without unnecessary cost to the Government for transportation. 

III. ..Brigadier General Henry Prince, United States Volunteers, 
having completed the distribution of recruits, convalescents, &c., 
belonging to this army, with which he was charged, is hereby 
relieved from duty in this Military Division, and will report to the 
Adjutant General of the Army. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish transportation. 

IV... 1st Lieutenant D. Snelling, Company "I," 1st Alabama 
Cavalry, commanding detachment of that regiment, on duty at 
these Headquarters as couriers, is, with the detachment, relieved, 
and will join his command without delay. Lieutenant Snelling 
having reported this detachment to the commanding officer of their 
regiment, will avail himself of a leave of absence of thirty (30) 
days, at the expiration of which he will rejoin his regiment, wherever 
it may be. 

In relieving this detachment, the General-in-Chief desires to thank 
Lieutenant Snelling, and the men under his charge, for the faithful 
manner in which they have ever performed any duty called for. 

The promptness with which all dispatches have been delivered by 

them, during two long campaigns, is due to their zeal, fidelity and 

intelligence. 

* * * -jfr * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 68. J In the Field, Raleigh, N. C, 

April 28, 1865. 

I. ..The general Headquarters of this Military Division will be 
removed from Newbern and established at Alexandria, Virginia. 
All current business will be addressed accordingly. 



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11. ..The following officers, on duty at field Headquarters, will 
proceed to join general Headquarters, via Newbern, aiming to reach 
there on or before June 1, 1865: — 

Brevet Major General Wm. F. Barry and Staff. 

Captain John E. Marshall, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Lieutenant A. G. Verplank, Aide-de-Camp. 

Brevet Colonel 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer. 

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel T. G. Baylor, Chief of Ordnance. 

Major H. Hitchcock, Assistant Adjutant General. 

Brevet Major Geo. W. Nichols, Additional Aide-de-Camp. 

Captain Samuel Bachtell, Signal Officer. 

Surgeon John Moore, Medical Director. 

^ * * * * 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



General Orders^ HEADQUARTERS, 

|- MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 2. J Alexandria, Va., May 9, 1865. 

The following resolutions, adopted by the respective State govern- 
ments therein named, are published for the information of the com- 
mand : — 

Senate Concurrent Resolutions No. C. 

"Whereas, the City of Savannah, Georgia, has been captured b\' the Union 
forces, and the old flag now floats unchallenged over that important Atlantic 
Port, and until now a stronghold of Rebeldom— 

"Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that the thanks and con- 
gratulations of the State of Nevada be extended to the gallant Sherman and 
his army, who have gained this great victory after a march unparalleled in 
courage of design and brilliancy of execution. 

'■'■Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to transmit a copy of these 
resolutions to the Secretary of War, with the request that the Secretary of 
War forward the same to the Major General commanding the Union army of 
the'Southeast." 

Adopted December 29, 186i. 

Concurrent Resolutions Complimentary to Generals Grant, Sher- 
man, Sheridan, and Thomas, and to Vice-Admiral Farragut and 
Commodore Winslow. 
''Resolved, That the thanks of the Legislature representing the State of New^ 

York are hereby tendered to Major General William T. Sherman, and the 



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officers and men of his command, for the series of superb victories, culmi- 
nating in the capture of Atlanta, and for the skillfully executed march from 
the mountains to the sea, which challenged the admiration of the world, 
resulted in the capture of Savannah, with many millions of public property , 
and demonstrated that the so-called Confederacy is indeed but a shell. 

'•Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, is hereby respectfully re- 
quested to transmit a copy of each of the foregoing resolutions to the officers 
specially named therein." 

Adopted January, 1S65. 

Resolutions of Thanks to Major General William T. Sherman. 

"■'Resolved, That the thanks of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode 
Island are hereby tendered to Major General William T. Sherman, and to the 
officers and men of his command, for the series of brilliant victories culmi- 
nating in the capture of Atlanta, and for the skillfully executed march from 
the mountains to the sea, resulting in the capture of Savannah, with many 
millions of public property. 

"Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to transmit a 
copy of the above resolution to Major General Sherman." 

Adopted January session, 1865. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 
R. M. SAWYER, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ) HEADQUARTERS, 

> MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 69. J In the Field, Manchester, Va., May 10, 1865. 



The march of the army northward will be resumed as follows : — 

I. ..The lef; wing. Major General H. W. Slocum, will cross the 
James River on the pontoon bridges, and pass through Richmond 
to Hanover Court-House, and thence by roads through or to the 
left of Chilsbury, V/arrenton Junction, Centreville, and Fairfax 
Court-House, to a camp near Alexandria, Virginia. 

II. ..The right wing. Major General 0. 0. Howard, will follow at 
leisure, passing through Richmond to Hanover Court-House, and 
thence, by roads- to the east of those prescribed for the left wing, 
substantially by Bowling Green, Fredericksburg, Stafford Court- 
House, and Dumfries, to a camp near Alexandria. 

III. ..The Chief Quartermaster, General Easton, and Chief Com- 
missary, General Beckwith, will, on completing supplies at this 
point, hasten to Alexandria and make suitable preparations for the 



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reception of this army on its arrival there ; and the Commanding Gen- 
eral of each army will send a Staff officer to Alexandria in advance, 
to select suitable camps for their armies ; the right wing within four 
miles of the town and to the south of the Manassas road, and the 
left wing about the same distance from town and to the north of this 
road. 

IV. ..The General-in-Chief will accompany the left wing as far as 
Hanover Court- House, and thence travel with the right wing. The 
troops must be marched slowly, not to exceed fifteen miles a day, 
unless specially ordered by a Corps Commander. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

V MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 70. ) In the Field, Manchester^ Va., 

May 11, 1865. 

I. ..Private Martin Ward, 7th Company Ohio Independent Sharp- 
shooters, will proceed to Washington, D. C, in company with 
Major General 0. 0. Howard, United States Volunteers, as bearer 
of dispatches to the Adjutant General of the Army, and also to 
get receipts for dispatches taken to the Chief of Staff by General 
Howard. Upon obtaining the receipts he will proceed to Alexandria, 
Virginia, and report to the general Headquarters Military Division 
of the Mississippi, and await the arrival of these Headquarters at 
that place. 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary trans - 
portation. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman: 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ] HEADQUARTERS, 

> military division of the MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 71. j In the Field, Alexandria, Va., 

May 20, 1865. 

I. ..To make the review ordered for this army in the City of Wash- 
ington on Wednesday, May 24, the two wings, without knapsacks 



and with two days' cooked rations in haversacks, will, during Tuesday, 
close well up on the Long bridge, the right wing in advance. On 
Wednesday, at break of day, the troops will move out of bivouac by 
the right flank, and march till the head of column is closed up to 
the Capitol ground, and then mass as close as possible east of the 
canal, ready to march, according to Special Orders No. 289, Adju- 
tant General's Office, May 18, by close columns of companies, right 
in front, guide left, by the route prescribed. When the companies 
fall below fifteen files, the battalions will form column by division. 
At nine a. m. precisely, a signal gun will be fired by the leading 
battery, when the head of column will march around the Capitol, 
down Pennsylvania avenue, and pass the reviewing stand in front of 
the President's House, and thence to the new camps or to a bivouac, 
according to the pleasure of the army commanders. All colors will 
be unfurled from the Capitol to a point beyond the President's 
reviewing stand. The General-in-Chief will ride at the head of 
column, and take post near the reviewing officer. The commanders 
of each army, corps and division, attended by one staff officer, will 
dismount after passing the General-in-Chief, and join him whilst his 
army, corps, or division is passing, when he will remount and join 
his command. Officers commanding regiments and above, will 
present swords on passing the reviewing officer, but company 
officers will make no salute. 

Brigade bands and consolidated field music will turn out, and play 
as the brigade passes the reviewing officer, but will be careful to cease 
playing in time for the music of the succeeding band to be heard. 
One band per division may play during the march from the Capitol 
to the Treasury building. The colors of each battalion will salute 
by drooping in passing the stand, and the field music will make the 
three ruffles w^ithout interrupting the " march" of the band. Should 
intervals occur in the column, care will be taken that divisions pass 
the reviewing stand compactly, and if the passage of the bridge draw 
cut the column, the march will continue with as little interruption as 
possible, at full distance. Army commanders will make all subor- 
dinate arrangements as to guides, &c. 

II. ..Army commanders may at once select new camps east of the 
Potomac, the right wing above Washington, left lying below ; and 
make arrangements with the Quartermaster's Department to collect 
fuel, forage, &c., in advance, at their new camps, and may march 



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thereto direct from the review, by routes that will not interrupt the 
progress of the columns behind. The wagon trains, with camp 
equipage and knapsacks, can follow the day after the review. 

III. ..Mustering otBcers will see at once to the preparation of rolls 
for pay and discharge of the organizations, and men that are to be 
discharged under existing orders of the War Department ; but no 
discharges will be made out till after the review. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



Special Field Orders ^ HEADQUARTERS, 

y MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 

No. 76. j In the Field, Washington, D. C, 

May 30, 1865. 

The General commanding announces to the Armies of the Ten- 
nessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our 
work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you 
will go to your homes and others will be retained in military service 
till further orders. 

And now that we are about to separate, to mingle with the civil 
world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the situation of 
national affairs when, but a little more than a year ago, we were 
gathered about the towering cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and all 
the future was wrapped in doubt and uncertainty. 

Three armies had come together from distant fields, with separate 
histories, yet bound by one common cause— the union of our country, 
and the perpetration of the Government of our inheritance. There 
is no need to recall to your memories Tunnel Hill, with Rocky 
Face Mountain, and Buzzard Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of 
Dalton behind. We were in earnest, and paused not for danger 
and difficulty, but dashed through Snake Creek Gap and fell on 
Resacca : then on to the Etowah, to Dallas, Kenesaw, and the heats 
of summer found us on the banks of the Chattahoochee, far from 
home, and dependent on a single road for supplies. Again we were 
not to be held back by any obstacle, and crossed over and fought four 
hard battles for the possession of the citadel of Atlanta. That was 



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the crisis of our history. A doubt still clouded our future, but we 
solved the problem and destroyed Atlanta; struck boldly across the 
State of Georgia, severed all the main arteries of life to our enemy, 
and Christmas found us at Savannah. 

Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again began 
a march which, for peril, labor, and results, will compare with any 
ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the 
swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the "high hills" and rocks 
of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear 
Rivers, were all passed in mid-winter, with its floods and rains, in 
the face of an accumulating enemy ; and, after the battles of Aver- 
asboro' and Bentonville, we once more came out of the wilderness 
to meet our friends at Goldsboro'. Even then we paused only long 
enough to get new clothing, to reload our wagons, and again pushed 
on to Raleigh and beyond, until we met our enemy sueing for peace 
instead of war, and offering to submit to the injured laws of his and 
our country. As long as that enemy was defiant, nor mountains, 
nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold, had checked us ; but 
when he who had fought us hard and persistently offered submission, 
your General thought it wrong to pursue him further, and negotia- 
tions followed, which resulted, as you all know, in the surrender. 

How far the operations of this army contributed to the final over- 
throw of the Confederacy and the peace which now dawns upon us, 
must be judged by others, not by us ; but that you have done all 
that men could do, has been admitted by those in authority, and we 
have a right to join in the universal jo}"^ that fills our land because 
the war is over, and our Government stands vindicated before the 
world, by the joint action of theVolunteer Armies and Navy of the 
United States. 

To such as remain in the service, your General need only remind 
you that success in the past was due to hard work and discipline, 
and that the same work and discipline are equally important in the 
future. To such as go home, he will only say that our favored 
country is so grand, so extensive, so diversified in climate, soil and 
productions, that every man may find a home and occupation suited 
to his taste ; and none should yield to the natural impatience sure 
to result from our past life of excitement and adventure. You will 
be invited to seek new adventures abroad: do not yield to the 
temptation, for it would lead only to death and disappointment. 



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Your General now bids 3'ou farewell, with the full belief that as 
in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you will make good 
citizens ; and if, unfortunately, new war should arise in our country, 
"Sherman's Army"' will be the first to buckle on its old armor 
and come forth to defend and maintain the Government of our 
inheritance. 

By order of Major General W. T. Sherman : 

L. M. DAYTON, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 



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